Ol Donyo Sabuk National Park Birding Day Tour
OL DONYO SABUK NATIONAL PARK BIRDING DAY TOUR
Trip duration
1 day
DAY 1: OL DONYO SABUK NATIONAL PARK
We shall start the Ol Donyo Sabuk National Park Birding Day Tour from your hotel or house. Our guide shall pick you up and drive to the park’s entrance gate. You may spot some few roadside birds during the drive to the national park. Enjoy the culture and rhythm of Nairobi City, as you drive along.
Our main birding adventure will then commence as we sample the various habitats within and around the national park. Some of the birding will be done on foot, which allows for a great birdwatching experience. Some areas will also be explored using the vehicle.
During our birdwatching tour, we shall sample different habitats in and around the national park. These include rivers, natural forest, plantation forest, bushland, swamps, ponds, farmlands and grasslands. We shall also visit the mountain peak, a spot that is quite popular on our Ol Donyo Sabuk National Park Birding Day Tours.
Ol Donyo Sabuk National Park is one of the best birdwatching spots in Nairobi, Kenya. It is located at the famous Mt.Ol Donyo Sabuk; also known as Ol Doinyo Sabuk or Kilimambogo Mountain. The name translates to “the mountain of buffaloes”. This is a beautiful mountain supporting a nice highland forest. The mountain rises to 2,146 metres above sea level; and is located about 25 kilometres East of Thika town.
We shall then drop you off back to your hotel or other desired spot within the city. This marks the end to our exciting Ol Donyo Sabuk National Park Birding Day Tour.
Highlight birds
Hartlaub’s Turaco, Hinde’s Babbler, Northern Pied Babbler, Black-and-white Mannikin, Yellow-bellied Waxbill, Kikuyu White-eye, African Goshawk, Martial Eagle, Crowned Eagle, Long-crested Eagle, Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle, Grey Crowned Crane, Grey-headed Kingfisher, Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater, Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird, Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird, White-headed Barbet (Snowy Barbet), Spot-flanked Barbet, African Hill Babbler, Moustached Grass Warbler, Lesser Swamp Warbler, Grey-capped Warbler, African Yellow Warbler/ Dark-capped Yellow Warbler, Brown Woodland Warbler, Grey Apalis, Singing Cisticola, Northern Double-collared Sunbird, Amethyst Sunbird, Bronzy Sunbird/ Bronze Sunbird, Holub’s Golden Weaver, Spectacled Weaver, Brown-capped Weaver, Black Cuckoo-shrike, Brown-crowned Tchagra, Tropical Boubou, Cinnamon-breasted Bunting, White-winged Widowbird, Red-cowled Widowbird, Yellow Bishop, Hamerkop, African Emerald Cuckoo, Red-chested Cuckoo, Klaas’s Cuckoo, Green-backed Honeybird, Pallid Honeyguide, White-bellied Tit, African Citril, Streaky Seedeater, Kenya Rufous Sparrow, Yellow-whiskered Greenbul, Crowned Hornbill, Silvery-cheeked Hornbill, Southern Black Flycatcher, Spotted Morning-Thrush, Ruppell’s Robin-Chat, Red-capped Robin-Chat, Bearded Scrub Robin, White-starred Robin, Black Saw-wing, Long-billed Pipit, Yellow-throated Longclaw, Tambourine Dove, African Green Pigeon
Highlight mammals
Vervet Monkey, Mt. Kenya Kolb’s Monkey/ Sykes’s Monkey, African Buffalo, Bushbuck, Ochre Bush Squirrel, Slender Mongoose
Highlight reptiles and amphibians
Common Striped Skink, Variable Skink, Jackson’s Chameleon, Battersby’s Green Snake, Nile Rocket Frog, Anchieta’s Rocket Frog, Guttural Toad, Senegal Kassina, Northern Clawed Frog, Plimpton’s Caco, Scheffler’s Puddle Frog, Athi Reed Frog, Nutt’s River Frog
Habitats covered
Highland Forest, Bushland, Grasslands, Wetlands
Photographic opportunities
Excellent
Special moments
Kenya’s endemic birds, Mt. Kilimambogo, forest mammals
