10 Days Coastal Birding Safari

• Drive southeast to Tsavo West National Park

Landscape & Experience

• Volcanic hills, lava flows, springs, and savannah
• Visit scenic viewpoints like Poacher’s Lookout

Wildlife

• Elephant, rhino, buffalo, lion, leopard, hippo

Birding Highlights

• Corncrake (threatened), Basra Reed Warbler
• Wheatears (Northern, Isabelline, Pied)
• Shrikes, warblers, and sunbirds
• Bustards, owlets, and eagles (Martial, Long-crested)
• Vibrant starlings and bushshrikes

Overnight: Tsavo West (2 nights)

• Early transfer to Taita Hills

Focus: Endemic Species

• Taita White-eye
• Taita Apalis
• Taita Thrush

Other Species

• Lemon Dove, Stripe-cheeked Greenbul
• Evergreen Forest Warbler
• Orange Ground Thrush

Experience:
Exploration of one of Kenya’s smallest yet most critical forest habitats.

Overnight: Taita Hills / Tsavo region

• Transfer to Tsavo East National Park

Landscape

• Vast open plains, semi-arid bushland, Galana River

Wildlife

• Elephants, lions, giraffes, buffalo

Birding Highlights

• Vulturine Guineafowl
• Somali Ostrich & Somali Bee-eater
• Golden Pipit, Somali Courser
• White-backed Vulture, Bateleur
• D’Arnaud’s Barbet, Cut-throat Finch

Overnight: Tsavo East

• Birding en route to the coast

Destination

• Watamu / Malindi

Experience

• Transition from savannah to coastal ecosystem
• Relaxed evening by the Indian Ocean

Overnight: Watamu / Malindi

• Visit Arabuko Sokoke Forest Reserve

Forest Highlights

• 270+ bird species, including:
  • Clarke’s Weaver
  • Sokoke Scops Owl
  • Amani Sunbird
  • East Coast Akalat

Afternoon: Mida Creek

• Explore Mida Creek

Birding Highlights

• Crab Plover, Whimbrel, Curlew
• Mangrove Kingfisher
• Sandpipers and plovers

Overnight: Watamu / Malindi

• • Visit Sabaki River Mouth

  Highlights

  • One of Kenya’s top Important Bird Areas (IBA)

  Birding Targets

  • Sooty Gull, Saunders’s Tern
  • Osprey, Eurasian Marsh Harrier
  • Pied Avocet, Ruddy Turnstone
  • Brown Noddy, Sandwich & Roseate Terns

  Overnight: Malindi

• • Transfer to Malindi Airport
  • Flight back to Nairobi for onward departure