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Kisumu Daytrip Bird Watching

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Kisumu Daytrip Bird Watching

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Trip Overview

The Best Kisumu & Its Environs Photography and Birding Experience

Kisumu city is not only renowned for its vibrant Luo culture but also for its breathtaking natural wonders and the laid-back atmosphere. Kisumu is Kenya’s third largest city and the only lakeside city in Kenya. On the other side, Lake Victoria is the second largest fresh water lake in the world and the only lake in Kenya where you can both watch the sunrise and sunset from the comfort of its many calm and inviting beaches. Away from the bustling city that is dotted with bicycles taxis and the colourful three wheelers, the city is home to a good number of other attractions that should draw your attention. Kisumu city isn’t your ordinary tourist destination, it’s a gem and a city that has so much to offer even to the seasoned guests.

While bird watching tourism is very popular in other parts of Kenya, Kisumu seems to be lugging behind with avian tourism and Kisumu safari companies aren’t keen enough to promote birdwatching in Kisumu in spite of organizations like Nature Kenya and other nature conservation partners who have even offered training courses for the community tour guides at Dunga.

Trip Highlights

Bird watching on Lake Victoria is a very rewarding experience to birders considering that most of the Lake Victoria biome restricted bird species are found here. With its so many varied habitats. The most notable one being the papyrus swamps along the shores of Lake Victoria. This is home to several birds not easily found anywhere else. Your birding safari in Kisumu and on Lake Victoria will make you to spot some species like the

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Explore Where to Watch Birds in Kisumu
and Lake Victoria

During this trip, we’ll explore the lakeshore for its wide variety of species before we contiue to the Ahero Rice Fields for waders and a few grassland birds. We’ll then proceed to the Nyabondo escarpment so far, it’s the home to the Red-winged Prinia in Kenya. While on this sector, we will also look for the Bare-faced Go-away-bird in on the plain of Kavirondo that is dotted with balanite trees.  By the end of the day, we’re likey to have spotted about 148 bird species. 

Here are some of the key highlight species; Blue-headed Coucal, Red-chested Sunbird, Purple-banded Sunbird, Eastern Grey Plantain-eater, Rufous-chested Swallow, Beaudouin’s Snake-Eagle, Swamp Flycatcher, Greater Swamp Warbler, White-winged Swamp Warbler, Papyrus Yellow Warbler, Papyrus Gonolek, Black-headed Gonolek, Papyrus Canary, Woodland Kingfisher, Slender-billed Weaver, Northern Brown-throated Weaver, Long-toed Lapwing, Double-toothed Barbet, Black-billed Barbet, African Marsh-Harrier, Carruther’s Cisticola, Winding Cisticola, Red-faced Cisticola, Water Thick-knee, Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird, Red-winged Prinia, and many more.

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Day 1

Discover Kisumu's Endemic Bird Species

Our day shall begin at sunrise by doing a short walk at Hippo Point then to be followed by a boat ride to explore the dense papyrus reeds from the lake. Here are some of the birds that we’re likey to register on this daytrip. Swamp Flycatcher, Black-headed Gonolek, Eastern Plantain-eater, Greater Swamp Warbler, Red-chested Sunbird, Black-headed and Slender-billed Weaver, and Blue-spotted Wood Dove. We decided to take another walk and Titus joined us shortly after. On the other hand, we’ll also be looking for the Highland Rush Warbler, Marico Sunbird, Common Reed Warbler, Blue-headed Coucal, Papyrus Canary, Winding Cisticola, Fischer´s Lovebird, Papyrus Gonolek, African Thrush, Northern Brown-throated Weaver, Willow Warbler, Golden-backed Weaver, Grey-chinned Sunbird, Carruther´s Cisticola, White-winged Swamp Warbler, Papyrus Warbler and these are some of the toughest species to find in this region. Other possible sightings could include Fan-tailed Widowbird, Winding Cisticola, Little Bittern, Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird, Sedge Warbler and Meyer´s Parrot. From the lakeshore, we'll drive to Ahero Rice field to look for waders especially during the migration. We'll later continue to the Nyabondo escarpment for the localized Red-winged Prinia. Our birding trip will end by mid-afternoon. We’ll later transfer you back to your hotel or if you like you may explore other activities that can be done for the rest of the day
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