2 Day Rift Valley Birding Safari Naivasha Nakuru Baringo Bogoria

Day 1: Nairobi – Lake Naivasha – Lake Nakuru

1. Nairobi
   Pass by
   Nairobi pick up starts at 6:30 AM.
2. Lake Naivasha
   4h · Admission ticket included
   Pick up 6:30 AM and drive to lake Naivasha, a peaceful freshwater lake fringed by papyrus and fever-tree forests. Naivasha offers superb close-up birding and light walking safaris among free-roaming wildlife. For your first two activities;
   
   Boat Ride: Excellent for waterbirds, hippos, and fish eagles.
   
   Crescent Island Nature Walk: Close-range viewing of plains game and ground birds.
   
   Bird Highlights:
   • African Fish Eagle (fish-hunting displays)
   • Goliath Heron
   • Pied, Giant & Malachite Kingfishers
   • African Jacana
   • Red-knobbed Coot
   • Great & Long-tailed Cormorants
   • Numerous waders and marsh species
   
   Wildlife Highlights:
   • Hippos (seen during the boat ride)
   • Giraffes, zebras & impalas on Crescent Island
   • Waterbuck & wildebeest (depending on movement)
   
   After lake Naivasha, you will drive to Nakuru for lunch
3. Lake Nakuru National Park
   3h
   One of Kenya’s most diverse parks. The lake attracts flamingos while the woodlands and grasslands support large mammals and birds of prey. Here you will enjoy a late afternoon to evening Birding & wildlife game drive through lakeshore, forest, and open savannah habitats
   
   Bird Highlights:
   • Lesser & Greater Flamingos
   • Great White Pelican (often in hundreds)
   • Yellow-billed & Marabou Storks
   • Black-winged Stilt
   • Grey Crowned Crane
   • Hamerkop
   • Eagles: Martial, Verreaux’s, Tawny
   • Woodland species: Rüppell’s Robin-chat, Bearded Scrub Robin
   
   Wildlife Highlights:
   • White & Black Rhinos (top highlights)
   • Rothschild Giraffes
   • Lions & leopards (occasionally spotted)
   • Buffalos, zebras, impalas & elands
   • Waterbucks and warthogs throughout the park
   
   Overnight at Nakuru

Day 2: Lake Nakuru – Lake Baringo – Lake Bogoria – Nairobi

1. Lake Baringo
   2h · Admission ticket included
   Depart Nakuru at 6:00AM and Drive to Lake Baringo, an ornithologist’s paradise with over 450 bird species, plus impressive reptile life and unique arid-land species. Here you will enjoy a boat ride in search of crocodiles, hippos, and birdlife.
   
   Bird Highlights:
   • Hemprich’s & Jackson’s Hornbills
   • Goliath Heron
   • Pygmy Falcon
   • Bristle-crowned Starling
   • White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
   • Verreaux’s Eagle (near cliffs)
   • African Skimmer (occasional)
   
   Wildlife Highlights:
   • Nile crocodiles
   • Hippos
   • Rock hyrax (around cliffs)
   • Monitor lizards
   • Occasional sightings of gazelles and camels in surrounding dry lands
2. Lake Bogoria
   2h · Admission ticket included
   Drive from Baringo to Bogoria, the drive takes roughly one & a half hours. Bogoria is adramatic semi-desert landscape famous for its hot springs and massive gatherings of Lesser Flamingos, sometimes numbering in the millions. Here, you will enjoy a Birding game drive and a short walk around the hot springs area (with caution)
   
   Bird Highlights:
   • Huge concentrations of Lesser Flamingos
   • Greater Flamingos (mixed flocks)
   • Pied Avocet
   • Black-necked & Little Grebes
   • Cape Teal
   • African Spoonbill
   • Chestnut-banded Plover
   
   Wildlife Highlights:
   • Greater kudu (in the surrounding hills)
   • Dik-diks along the dusty trails
   • Warthogs
   • Small mammals adapted to arid habitat
   • Spectacular geothermal features (geysers, hot springs)
   
   Depart Lake Bogoria with a break for lunch arriving in Nairobi between 6 & 7PM

Pickup details

For BNB or Residential pick up. Kindly share Pin Location.

• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness