Daily Tour
1 person
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You will be picked up for a short journey to the Nairobi National park. Upon arrival, you’ll quickly see how unique this special reserve is. Within sight of the city’s skyline you can spot lion, rhino, giraffe, buffalo, cheetah, hyena, zebra among other wild game.
Just 10 km south of the Kenya capital city of Nairobi, the park is Kenya’s oldest (1946) and one of its smallest, but sightings of lions and hyenas are regular.
You will then proceed to Amboseli National Park, Situated in the southern region of Kenya. This Park stands as a renowned wildlife conservation area, enticing visitors with its stunning rich biodiversity and stunning landscapes. It is a home to iconic wildlife, hosting four members of the Big Five, from lions to the graceful zebras and countless number of bird species in its swamps and wetlands.
Amboseli is celebrated for its exceptional opportunities for close encounters with free-roaming members of the Big Five. The park is a home to large numbers of African elephants, creating the perfect opportunity for an up close view of up to fifty herds of elephants in one safari, making it a prime destination for both photographers and wildlife enthusiasts alike.
Early breakfast and drive to Nairobi National park. Here we will start our photography in the parking area where encounter White headed barbets, Brown backed barbet, Spot flanked barbet, Green backed honeybird,Bronzy sunbird, the entry into the bushy areas will enable us photograph Variable sunbird, Yellow breasted apalis, Tawny flanked prinia, Tropical boubou, Singing cisticola, White browed scrub robin, White eyed slaty flycatcher, African moustached warbler, Red collared widowbird, Winding cisticola, Stout cisticola, Purple grenadier, Little bee-eater. The water pools enable us take pictures of Longtoed lapwing, Blacksmith lapwing, Spur-winged lapwing, Black crake, African rail, Common moorhen, Black headed heron, Grey heron, Great egret, Intermediate egret, little egret, Reed cormorant, African darter and more while the grasslands will provide Crowned lapwing, Yellow necked spurfowl, Shelley’s francolin, Black bellied bustard, White bellied bustard, Rosy breasted longclaw, Cuckoo-finch,Rufous naped lark, Red capped lark, the acacia scrubs will provide Northern pied babbler, Black winged kite, Gabar and Shikra, Augur buzzard and more. We will break the birding here into two: a morning section and an afternoon section, after we have taken lunch. We will be back at the lodge at 5:30 PM
Early breakfast and drive to Amboseli, we expect to be there by 11 AM, upon entry we will enlist Eastern pale chanting goshawk, Pygmy falcon, Kori bustard, Secretary bird, Tawny eagle, White backed vulture, Lappet faced vulture etc. A drive
along the fresh water will enable us to get pictures of Red billed duck, Blue billed duck, White faced and Fulvous whistling
duck, African white backed duck, African jacana, Greater painted snipe, though this would be a time in the day when light isn’t good for photography, we may have few good shots. We will check in to Oltukai lodge and later lunch and after rest and when the heat has lowered a bit we will the drive around the park for better snaps of water birds. Amboseli also has game that we can get closer for pictures. We will be back at dusk to the lodge
Early breakfast and a drive around the park for pictures of Greater and Lesser flamingos, Goliath heron, Purple heron, Saddle-billed stork, Double-banded courser, Southern ground hornbill, Taveta golden weaver and more before we come for
lunch and later drive back to Nairobi, arrivaing late evening.
