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This is a 10 night all-inclusive safari with private charters starting with 1 night in Nairobi Fairview Hotel , 4 nights in Laragai House followed by 5 nights at Manda Bay with world class ornithologist Terry Stevenson.
This 9-day birding safari with Terry Stevenson is one of its kind. Not only do you get exclusive access to the most knowledgeable Birder in East Africa but this safari takes you to two of the most exclusive locations in Kenya with vastly contrasting habitats and bird species. December is an ideal month to spot migrating birds from Europe and the far reaches of Russia as well as local migrating birds from northern Africa.We will assist in planning your trip with any added accommodation and ground handling if needed. We expect this trip to sell out very quickly so do not delay in booking your place. The closing date to sign up is the 31st August 2022 and is limited to 6-9 people.
Laragai House is a 8 bedroom home situated on the northern boundary of Borana Conservancy, a premier wildlife destination, in Northern Laikipia. The house is built using local stone and thatching and styled on a English country house and has themes stunning views of Mt. Kenya to the south and the vast northern mountains of the north. The Accommodation is luxurious, with enormous fireplaces and deep comfortable sofas, fine dining and luxurious linens.
This stunning location is perfect for painting, bird watching, game viewing and relaxing.
Manda Bay, a boutique lodge on the northwest tip of Manda Island, in Lamu, Kenya. Small lodge with only 16 beachfront rooms, it combines the ultimate bush and beach experience. Whilst miles of soft sand and coconut palms surround the lodge itself, the bush behind the lodge is dry scrub land scattered with Baobabs, Acacia Tortilis and Tamarind, with a resident herd of Buffalo, and resident wildlife. The main lodge is open and spread out to allow for privacy and the accommodation is simplistic, and comfortable and built in the traditional way for the region; constructed with local materials with palm thatch roofs and woven matting floors. The lodge includes a swimming pool, activities room, bar and outside dining.
This 9-day birding safari with Terry Stevenson is one of its kind. Not only do you get exclusive access to the most knowledgeable Birder in East Africa but this safari takes you to two of the most exclusive locations in Kenya with vastly contrasting habitats and bird species. December is an ideal month to spot migrating birds from Europe and the far reaches of Russia as well as local migrating birds from northern Africa.We will assist in planning your trip with any added accommodation and ground handling if needed. We expect this trip to sell out very quickly so do not delay in booking your place. The closing date to sign up is the 31st August 2022 and is limited to 6-9 people.
Terry Stevenson, originally from England, Terry has made Kenya his home since 1977. He is the senior author of the Field Guide to the Birds of East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi—the only guide in the region to have a text and maps opposite plates format; this is also available as an app, with the added advantage of making it possible to hear many of the calls. Since the end of 2020 the book form has been fully revised as a 2nd Edition and includes an up to date text with the latest taxonomy, all additional species, and full colour range maps. Terry is also co-author to Birds of the Horn of Africa: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia and Socotra. Published in 2009, this acclaimed guide is the only one to this region. He is a member of the East African Rarities Committee. On November 30, 1986, he set a new World Big Day record with a total of 342 species in one day, of these a remarkable 330 were actually seen; the record stands today.
Fly by private air charter to Laragai, Borana Conservancy, where Terry and the staff will meet you on arrival and you will have exclusive use of this family style lodge. After lunch we will walk the grounds to familiarize ourselves with some of the more common widespread species and then take an afternoon game drive, which will include a visit to the nearby dam. Birds to look out for include Little Grebe, Great White Pelican, a variety of herons, ibis and egrets, African Spoonbill, Egyptian Goose, Grey Crowned-Crane, and at this time of year several species of migrant shorebirds, some of which will have traveled all the way from their breeding grounds in northern Russia – we hope to see Wood and Green Sandpipers, Little Stint, Common Greenshank, and perhaps an unexpected rarity. We’ll also enjoy our first mammals – Impala and Thomson’s Gazelle, the endangered Grevy Zebra, Reticulated Giraffe, Cape Buffalo, Savannah Elephant, Lion, or if really lucky Leopard and Cheetah. After a traditional sundowner on the plains we will return to our lodge – the first of four nights there.
During 3 three full days based at Laragai we will take a mix of drives and walks to explore the grassy plains, the Ngare Ndare forest and canopy walkway, and visit the lowlands around Il Ngwezi. In addition to the water birds mentioned above we hope to see the following: Somali Ostrich, Black-winged Kite, Blackchested Snake-Eagle, Pallid and Montagu’s Harriers, Eastern Chanting-Goshawk, Tawny and Martial Eagles, Helmeted and Vulturine Guineafowl, Yellow-necked Spurfowl, Stone Partridge, Kori, White-bellied and Blackbellied Bustards, Crowned and Blacksmith Lapwings, Meyer’s and Orange-bellied Parrots, the endemic Hartlaub’s Turaco, White-bellied Go-away-bird, Speckled and Blue-naped Mousebird, Narina’s Trogon, Little Bee-eater, Lilac-breasted Roller, Green Woodhoopoe, Northern Red-billed and Von der Decken’s Hornbills, Red-fronted Barbet, Greater Honeyguide (perhaps trying to lead us to a wild bee hive), Nubian Woodpecker, Foxy Lark, Yellow-throated Longclaw, Little Rock-Thrush, White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher, Chin-spot Batis, African Paradise-Flycatcher, Scarlet-chested and Variable Sunbirds, Sulphur-breasted and Rosy-patched Bush shrike, African Blackheaded Oriole, Violet-backed and Superb Starlings, Speke’s Weaver, Purple Grenadier, and Red-cheeked Cordon bleu. Returning from our sundowners we’ll also be keeping a lookout for Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl and Montane Nightjar.
Today we’ll take a 2-hour charter flight and head to the Kenya coast and Manda Island. Based on this tranquil island we’ll spend five nights, giving us ample time to explore the shores, woodland and scrub (the only accessible place on earth to see the Manda Boubou). We’ll also walk amongst the palms and giant baobab trees, visit the other worldly mangrove creeks, and hopefully encounter many of the seabirds which abound there.
During four full days we’ll visit all the areas mentioned above and also have time for beach walking, paddle boarding, snorkeling, and perhaps (for the more energetic) a little water skiing, and for those with an interest in Arab-Swahili history, a visit to Lamu Town. Our birding excursions will give us excellent opportunities to see the following seabirds – Masked Booby, Dimorphic Egret, the unique Crabplover (a shorebird scientifically placed in its own family and uniquely nesting in burrows underground), Grey Plover, Terek Sandpiper, Ruddy Turnstone, Whimbrel, Sooty Gull, Lesser Crested, Greater Crested, Common, Saunder’s, Bridled and Sooty Terns, Lesser and Brown Noddy Terns. Inland and around the lodge we should see the Slender Tailed Nightjar, African Palm-Swift, Northern Carmine Bee-eater, Common Scimitar bill, Red- fronted Tinker bird, Brown Breasted Barbet, the lofty Eastern Nicator, Yellow-bellied Greenbul, Spotted Morning Thrush, Bearded Scrub-Robin, East Coast Flycatcher, Variable, Mouse coloured, Amethyst and not so common Purple banded Sunbird, Black-backed Puffback, African Golden Oriole, both the Grey headed bush Shrike and Sulphur breasted Bush Strike, Golden Palm Weaver and the elusive Peter’s Twinspot. Of the Raptors we should see Ospreys and even Bat hawks hunting Carmine bee-eaters at Dusk. These are just some of the birds we expect to see as well as the Manda Boubou!
Depart back home.
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