Highlights
- This habitat covers 238 sq km (91 sq mi) of lush, ancient growth
- Spot and learn about these bright and lively neighbors
- Step onto the well-marked trails and delve deeper into this primeval world
Description
On the Kakamega Forest Day Tour, we visit the best birding site or location in Western Kenya. Kakamega Forest is indeed a world-class birdwatching destination and one of the best birding sites in the entire Africa.
This forest is one of the Easternmost Guineo-Congolian Equatorial Forests, which span from the Congo River basin, through Central Africa to Western Kenya. This unique birding biome is full of special birds species that can only be found here.
We shall spend the day walking on forest trails and along major roads. This forest has some easy birding and new species will be easy to find all day. We shall also visit some local wetlands and grasslands where we shall seek more species.
We shall then head back home or to the hotel; marking the end to our great Kakamega Forest Birding Day Tour.
Highlight birds
Grey-throated Barbet, Yellow-billed Barbet, Yellow-spotted Barbet, Hairy-breasted Barbet, Mackinnon’s Shrike, Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill, Sharpe’s Drongo, Kakamega Greenbul, Joyful Greenbul, Toro Olive Greenbul, Plain Greenbul, Little Greenbul, Black-billed Weaver, Vieillot’s Black Weaver, Forest Weaver, Luhder’s Bush-Shrike, Bocage’s Bush-Shrike, Pink-footed Puffback, White-chinned Prinia, Black-faced Prinia, Chubb’s Cisticola, Black-faced Rufous Warbler, Turner’s Eremomela, Uganda Woodland Warbler, Olive-green Camaroptera, Blue-headed Bee-eater, White-spotted Flufftail, Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat, Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat, Grey-winged Robin-Chat, Jameson’s Wattle-eye, Brown-throated Wattle-eye, Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye, Chestnut Wattle-eye, Purple-throated Cuckoo-Shrike, Great Blue Turaco, African Broadbill, Bar-tailed Trogon, Equatorial Akalat, Brown-eared Woodpecker, Yellow-crested Woodpecker, Brown Illadopsis, Mountain Illadopsis, Scaly-breasted Illadopsis, Red-headed Bluebill, Dusky Tit, Olive-bellied Sunbird, White-tailed Ant-Thrush
Highlight mammals and others
Red-legged Sun Squirrel, Stuhlmann’s Blue Monkey, Mau Forest Guereza, Olive Baboon, Red-tailed Monkey
Habitats covered
Wetlands, Grasslands, Equatorial Forest
Photographic opportunities
Excellent
Special moments
Bird walks, Equatorial Forest
Includes
Hotel pick up and drop off
Transportation in a comfortable car
Bottled drinking water
Picnic lunch
Entrance fee
Easy cancellation
Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund
