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ConQuest Adventures is a registered local specialist tour operator in East Africa, offering splendid small-group birding tours, nature photography, and wildlife safaris throughout Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. We are well-known for great birding in East Africa; The best birdwatching itineraries for Kenya and beyond are here! Join our birdwatching and wildlife tours and discover why we have an unbeaten reputation for finding rare birds in the region. From tailor-made day birding tours to your dream comprehensive multi-day birdwatching holiday, wildlife, and photography safari in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. We are famous for providing the best local bird guides adept at finding birds for you while pointing out other interesting subjects in the wild. Whether you are a hardcore lister, expert bird/wildlife photographer, or beginner or seasoned birdwatcher, we will work with you to develop custom birding and wildlife adventures to meet your goals.
On all our birdwatching tours and wildlife trips, the pace is set based on your needs and we cater to people of all fitness and skill levels, designing a personalized tour around your ideas or target bird species and within your budget. Longer targeted birding tours, more relaxed birdwatching holidays, bird photography, and wildlife safaris to popular and little-known destinations are well crafted to meet your aspirations. We also organize day birding tours throughout the year in most of the birding hotspots in the region.
Our Birding and Big Game safaris can be customized to suit the needs and objectives of both small and large groups, birders, photographers, and naturalists
We are consistently centered on finding charming birds and wildlife for you to see and photograph though only compassionately and sustainably. We carefully plan the holiday to give you the best chances, in comfort and safety. We have more than ten years of experience leading and organizing fun-filled and informative birdwatching tours, wildlife safaris, and nature photography trips throughout Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, and we know what makes a great nature experience! We are here to provide you with safe, custom-designed, high-quality tours of the best wildlife areas in East Africa. Each new bird discovery or little-known birding trail finds a place in our birding itineraries.
Jennifer H2024-05-04Fantastic birding experience Our family had an awesome experience birding in Nairobi National Park with Mwangi, owner of ConQuest Adventures. We identified over 70 bird species in our short trip (a lot for rainy season), and saw hippo, crocodile, impala, lion, giraffe, and buffalo as well. Mwangi was so patient and understanding with our two rowdy young boys, and was overall so easy and fun to spend time with. He helped my bird-obsessed 9yo see his target birds, and helped him get awesome photos. Mwangi’s knowledge of birds and ability to identify species from a glance is something I’ve never seen before. He also gave us recommendations for what birds to look for near our hotel and neighborhood, including exact trees in which to find them. He graciously answered all of our questions about birds, animals, history, politics, and culture. It was an epic day. I can’t recommend Mwangi enough- with luck we can come back to Kenya and if so we will definitely book again, hopefully for one of the longer birding tours.
Jan2024-03-16Can't get enough of Mwangi! I birded with Mwangi 4 years ago and was so impressed that this year we did an 8 day birding tour of western Kenya with him. It was fantastic, seeing 418 species. Later we decided to do a day on the Magadi road, and a day in Naivasha and Kinangop. Finished today with a 10 hour Nairobi park blitz, seeing 141 species. Mwangi is an excellent birder and an all round lovely, organized, patient person. I highly recommend him.
Max C2024-01-21Bird and Safari with our friends We did some wonderful bird watching and also a few days in the Masai Mara with Conquest. Everything was perfectly organized both for the logistics and also for the sightings which were simply fantastic thanks to the skill of our guide. He also showed us truly fantastic environmental views. If someone will ask me who can organize a Bird watching or Safari in Kenya my answer will be surely Conquest with guide Mwangi. Thank you so much for perfectly organizing a wonderful period of sightings for us. I took the photos I published with my cell phone and this confirms the great skill and professionalism of Mwangi and Conquest.
Buendia19652024-01-21Splendid birdwatching with a top company and guide 10 days of birdwatching in Kenya far beyond our expectations: Mwangi and ConQuest Adventures proved to be absolutely reliable and competent and guided us to areas that were very little traveled but decidedly magnificent (Lake Baringo, then, was a source of continuous surprises and really left us speechless). Very, very satisfied with the organization and the lots of time spent in the field (Mwangi deeply loves his job and spares no effort when it comes to making customers happy), highly recommended for safari & birdwatching in Kenya.
Antonello B2024-01-21Responsive, reliable & knowledgeable - a five-star company First thing you want to know when arranging a trip with a local operator is, are they reliable? For ConQuest Adventures, the answer is definitely Yes. We contacted them for a birding trip (btw, birding in Kenya is amazing, in winter most birds are in breeding plumage and the whole experience was nothing short of fantastic!) and they proved extremely responsive, communications were very easy and smooth, and our guide Mwangi managed to show us a plethora of flora and fauna. Could not be more satisfied with him and with the overall arrangements! Highly commended, highly recommended.
ImmerWandern2023-09-11Wonderful introduction to both birding in East Africa but also some iconic fauna. Mwangi was truly an excellent guide Let me start by saying that Mwangi and ConQuest Adventures totally lived up to the excellent reviews on TA. We completed endorse their service and should our travels take us back to East Africa we would totally book another trip with ConQuest Adventures. One of our many anticipated experiences on this our first trip to Africa was the opportunity to spot the many many birds of the region the majority of which would be “lifers” for us. The majority of visitors going on safari are literally focused on the iconic megafauna with avifauna generally receives less attention beyond the ostrich. We were happy to find ConQuest Adventures and its many offerings for birders. I communicated with Mwangi via email and he was fortunately available on our free full day before leaving Nairobi for a safari. I had ambitiously requested a multi-site birding outing including the Nairobi National Park. He wisely limited it to the national park alone. There was, as it turned out, truly more than enough for us to see at the park alone. Mwangi picked us up at 0630 at the hotel and made quick time through the central business district to the main gate of the national park. He was hoping for an early start to the birding, but we were greeted by chaos and pandemonium at the main gate as other drivers, guides and their charges were all held up by an administrative snafu: the first day of a new payment system. My wife and I spent the time checking out the trees and the vervet monkeys playing and feeding high and low. A warthog ran across the grounds. We were eventually allowed to enter. Mwangi was excellent spotting avifauna barely visible at the edge of the road, in the grass, perched in shrubs and trees even as he drove around. He spotted over 80 species for us all of which - with the exception of the Egyptian goose and black-crowned night heron - were new to us. We spent the majority of the 10-11h in the park birding and wildlife-spotting from the vehicle. Due to the presence of lions and leopards visitors weren’t allowed to wander on foot with the exception of specific sites deemed safe, such as the Ivory Burning Site. We did take a short hike while accompanied by an armed park ranger. We had yet to go on a traditional game drive especially one involving a frantic rush to an animal sighting; in retrospect the relatively sedate drive looking and listening for the birds was a calm activity. Not that it was the fault of the other tour company, but taking the time to specifically find birds was not the approach on any of the usual game drives. One serendipitous sighting was that of white rhinos, 2 adults and a calf towards the end of our day at Nairobi National Park. Ashante sana, Mwangi!
Rob M2023-06-23A wonderful and successful birding trip. I spend 4 days birding with Mwangi visiting Mt Kenya, Aberdares National Park and Lake Naivasha. A wonderful experience! Mwangi is very knowledgeable and an expert guide. The trip covered varied and interesting habitats. A very enjoyable and successful trip. Thanks Mwangi - I'll be back!
Matthias H2023-04-02Birding in Karura Forest Nairobi Despite it was raining, we had very good sightings. We had an excellent guide, a birder my profession, with very good skills, great knowledge of the birds and the best points to see them in even the rainy conditions. The picknickplace is a good birding spot, but has a playing ground so you must expect more people and less birds in sunshine.
Andrew S2023-02-15Great birding trip We spent 3 days with ConQuest Adventures and Mwangi, we did a trip to Mount Kenya, Nyeri, Aberdares and the Kinangop Plateau, searching for numerous Endemic bird species, the trip was well planned and arranged and everything went smoothly. Mwangi is a great birder and he showed us many species of birds in the forests and along the way, we saw almost all the endemic birds we were searching for, Hindes Babbler, Sharpes Longclaw, Jacksons Francolin, Aberdare cisticola and lots of other species that we had not even thought about. Overall a great trip and I can recommend ConQuest Adventures to others who would like to do birding in Kenya.
MoniMTK2023-02-12Nairobi day-trips and overnight birding experiences I went on 3 separate birding trips with ConQuest. Karura Forest and Paradise lost as half day trips from within Nairobi and a two day trip to Lake Bogoria and Lake Baringa. The half day trips were a really great way to get out and see some birds in different types of habitats. They were also quite helpful in picking the locations to visit when booking based on what I wanted to see. The two day trip to the lakes was very well organized making it stress free as I they coordinated accommodations, park entry fees, and contacts local guides which allowed for the viewing of rare birds I wouldn't have seen otherwise. Both guides were very knowledgeable able to ID birds by site and sound as well as guide me to ideal locations for bird photography. Trails were also easy hiking in most locations. Would definitely contact them again if I get a chance to revisit Kenya.
