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Kenya - Highlights

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Kenya - Highlights 2026

08 Feb 2026 - 22 Feb 2026 (15 days)

USD7,495 - Spaces Available

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Tour Leader: Quinton Paul Josop

Tour price (Per person): USD7,495 * GBP5,964 * EUR7,186 * AUD11,990

Single Supplement: USD1,180 * GBP939 * EUR1,131 * AUD1,888

Flight costs: USD140 * GBP111 * EUR134 * AUD224

Kenya is well regarded as one of the finest safari destinations on the planet, and rightly so. Our 2-week Kenya Highlights tour traverses a wide range of habitat from coastal forest and woodlands, acacia savanna and central African rainforest to papyrus swamps and rolling grassy savanna as we target a mouth-watering array of Kenya’s most special birds. The game viewing will also be a significant highlight as we explore famous Kenyan game reserves such as Tsavo West, Tsavo East and Lake Nakuru National Parks!

Our tour begins with an exploration of Arabuko-Sokoke Forest. Here we will endeavour to find some of the rarest birds in Africa, including the diminutive Sokoke Scops Owl, Sokoke Pipit, Fischer’s Turaco, Amani Sunbird and Clarke’s Weaver. We then travel through both Tsavo East and West Parks, offering excellent game viewing and a huge bird list. We will also take time to visit the isolated Taita Hills, with its critically endangered species. We then head across to western Kenya to the famous Kakamega Forest. Here a plethora of forest specials await, with the gorgeous Blue-headed Bee-eater, Turner’s Eremomela, Chapin’s Flycatcher, Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat and Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye being notable targets. After exploring the papyrus swamps and moist woodlands along Lake Victoria for the striking Papyrus Gonolek, Papyrus Canary and numerous other wetland specialties, we’ll make our way to the famous Lake Nakuru National Park, supporting populations of both species of African rhinoceros and several other megafauna.

Join us for what promises to be an extraordinary tour offering an incredible diversity of wildlife, superb scenery, wonderful lodges and tented camps, and super-friendly tribal people!

Top Birds

Blue-headed & Somali Bee-eaters; Sokoke Scops Owl; Sokoke, Golden & Malindi Pipits; Clarke's & Golden Palm Weavers; Amani, Plain-backed & Tsavo Sunbirds; Green-headed Oriole; Fischer's & Black-billed Turacos; Equatorial & East Coast Akalats; Taita & Black-headed Apalis; Taita White-eye; Taita Thrush; Golden-breasted & Magpie Starlings; Turner's Eremomela; Yellow-bellied & Jameson's Wattle-eyes; Brown-chested Alethe; Blue-shouldered & Grey-winged Robin-Chats; Grey-chested Babbler; White-headed Wood Hoopoe; Red-headed Bluebill; Papyrus Canary; Papyrus Gonolek; Red-naped Bushshrike; Three-streaked Tchagra; Pringle's Puffback; Red-throated Tit; Miombo Wren-Warbler; Pangani Longclaw; Steel-blue & Straw-tailed Whydahs; Red-throated Twinspot.

Top Mammals

Lion; Leopard; Cheetah; African Elephant; African Buffalo; Black Rhinoceros; Lesser Kudu; Golden-rumped Sengi; Sable Antelope; Serval; Spotted & Striped Hyaena; Aardwolf; Gerenuk; Beisa Oryx; Maasai & Reticulated Giraffe.

Habitats Covered

lowland coastal forest, grasslands, estuaries, beaches, mangroves, acacia savanna, temporary and permanent wetlands, rivers, central African rainforest,

Expected Climate

warm to hot, dry conditions mostly but humid along the coast, cooler at higher elevations and rain can be expected

Max Group Size

6 with 1 Rockjumper Leader

Tour Pace & Walking

Moderate. Some long travel days, forest birding can be challenging.

Accommodation

comfortable safari lodges and hotels

Ease of Birding

A mix of forest & savanna birding. Most savanna species provide good visuals in open conditions. Forest birding is more challenging with some low-density species.

Other Attractions

Maasai people, African curios

Photographic Opportunities

Good to excellent in savanna habitat from vehicle. Typical forest orientated lighting difficulties & skulking species.

What our clients say about us

Quinton Paul Josop
CH - Kenya & Tanzania 2024

This was one of the best five of the 53 guided birding tours I have taken! Paul Josop is not only a truly excellent local guide who knows African birds and their calls phenomenally well, but is also extremely pleasant to deal with, polite, supportive of all levels of participant birding skills and very thoughtful. Paul also has an infectious sense of humor: We all laughed a lot on this tour! He loves to teach participants the finer points of the biology of the animals and plants encountered on a tour; he also managed group dynamics very well. It is clear that Paul enjoys guiding and he is very focused on getting all of the tour participants onto every bird species we encountered: He is living proof of my dictum that ""A good local guide is a thing of joy"". Our two local guide/drivers, Roger in Tanzania and Edson in Kenya, were also excellent: They dealt very well with severely pot-holed African roads and erratic African drivers and traffic; they also pointed out very many birds and big game as we bounced through the national parks, reserves and paved roads, all filled with aggressive opposing traffic! They have my highest recommendation. However, I do urge the local tour operator, Tanzania Birding and Beyond, to have their Land Cruiser passenger seats rebuilt - they were singularly uncomfortable on our long drives. This Rockjumper tour has my highest recommendation for all levels of participants' birding skills.

André Bernon
VW, Kenya 2018

Thank you for a wonderful experience! The tour exceeded my expectations. Andre Bernon is an extremely talented and knowledgeable guide. His eyes and ears are incredible and he is very thoughtful with his guests.

David Hoddinott
Anon, Kenya - Mega

David Hoddinott and indeed the drivers and Alison were all amazing - making this a life-changing experience. Everything went far better than expected throughout the tour in my opinion. I do not see how it could have been improved. Well done to all!

Gregory de Klerk
LW, Kenya 2023

We thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of our trip with Greg. He is the ultimate Bird Whisperer. His birding skills are outstanding! He has a great sense of humor and wonderful stories. He shared his extensive knowledge about all the animals and their behavior, which made every part of the trip so much more interesting. This was certainly one of our best trips with Rockjumper. In addition, we sincerely appreciate Rockjumpers flexibility in working with us to reschedule this trip, since we were originally planning to go in March 2020.

Quinton Paul Josop
CS, Kenya & Tanzania 2024

Paul Josop is a top notch and amazing tour leader - at all times he was knowledgeable, patient, attentive and engaging. We loved the trip and feel that much of its success was because of Paul's excellent guiding skills. We feel very fortunate to have experienced all that we did.

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