Kenya Top Birding Sites

Few places rival Kenya for birding diversity. Across the country, in every habitat and region, birdwatching reveals a wealth of species and scenic wonders. Whether in remote forests, open plains, or wetland havens, Kenya offers birders a uniquely gratifying experience. Each site promises rich species diversity, captivating scenery, and the kind of experiences that keep birdwatchers returning year after year.

Birding safaris Kenya — Black-throated Barbet

Kenya’s top birding tour sites offer exciting birdwatching throughout the year. Kenya has hundreds and hundreds of magnificent bird species to view, from Red-headed Weavers, Jackson’s Widowbird, Golden-winged Sunbirds, and the mighty Martial Eagle to the finicky Lesser Flamingos, Fine-banded Woodpeckers, and Sokoke Scops Owls. These colorful, captivating, and intriguing winged wonders whizz around the countryside, providing endless joy for birders, young and old. And if you’re itching for some twitching, you must check out these top-tier bird-watching sites.

Kenya’s Best Birding Sites

Kenya’s birdwatching destinations span a remarkable variety of landscapes — from world-famous national parks and game reserves to private conservancies, highland forests, mountain slopes, wetlands, and even city-edge swamps and oxidation ponds. The country’s best birding sites are found across diverse habitats, including cool alpine zones, simmering soda lakes, papyrus swamps, tussock grasslands, desert scrubs, and coastal dunes. With such richness, Kenya offers endless opportunities for birders of all levels. We arrange and guide birding safaris to the following areas:

Birdwatching Tours Kenya — Senegal Thick-knee

For birdwatchers who are on business or other reasons and cannot go beyond city limits, we can arrange a birding tour for you to those top birdwatching sites in Nairobi, Kisumu, Nakuru, Mombasa, or any other places. There is no bad place to go birdwatching in Kenya. The country has more than 1,000 bird species. We have pocket-friendly birdwatching itineraries that suit your plans and are extremely satisfying and incredible. Whether you are looking forward to thousand waders and Crab Plovers in Mida Creek, the finicky Lesser Flamingos‘ spectacle in Lake Bogoria, William’s Lark in Shaba National Reserve, Chestnut-naped Francolin in Marsabit, Egyptian Plover in Lake Turkana, the endemic Sharpe’s Longclaw in Kinangop Plateau, Sokoke Scops Owl in Arabuko Sokoke Forest, or Blue-breasted Bee-eater in Kakamega Forest, Aberdare Cisticola in Aberdare National Park, Papyrus Gonolek in Lake Victoria, Taita Apalis inTaita Hills.

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Below is a detailed list of Kenya’s Best Birdwatching Destinations

Africa holds over 2470 bird species, amongst which more than 55 percent are endemic, and it is doubtless many more species. Africa is the main non-breeding ground for migratory species that breed in the Northern Hemisphere. A network of 7 percent covering two million square kilometers of the continent is currently identified as a Key Biodiversity Area.