Mighty african fish eagle catching fish out of the water, breeding colony of cormorant nesting on top of tree, pied and giant kingfisher scour the lake for fish. Together with our guide we went on an amazing boat safari on lake Naivasha and spotted many water birds along the shore and in the trees. We came accross many African fish eagles sitting on the branches and as soon as they spot an easy catch they take off and grab the fish out of the water. We found many water birds along the flooded shore and in the woods. Hippos and waterbucks can also be seen. An upcoming thunderstorm added some suspense to the end of our trip, but we managed to get back just in time before hell broke loose.
As you notice from the video, the entire shore is flooded due to a constantly rising water level of the lake since 2018. Heavy rainfall have contributed to the situation but may not be the final answer to the phenomena. This led to entire communities being forced to move to higher ground and a lot of infrastructure and buildings were lost to the rising water.
After lake Naivasha we continued to Hells Gate National Park for our last birding and wildlife safari of our trip to Kenya. Hells Gate National Park offers staggering rock formations all along the way including Fischer's Tower, a vulcanic pinnacle that is famous among climbers. Plentiful birdlife can be found throughout the park including the Agur buzzard, black kite, Rüppell's vulture nesting in the cliffs and the magnificent scarlet-chested sunbird.
Welcome to our birding and wildlife safari to lake Naivasha and Hells Gate National Park in Kenya in January 2021. We stayed two nights at Loldia House. We would like to thank our travel agency Dreamtime Travel and our tour operator Kenya Experience for this unforgettable Safari.
For animal identification, please refer to the video subtitle or to the species list below.
With best regards,
Sandra and Markus
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List of species in order of appearance:
00:48 Kirk's dik-dik
00:59 Impala
01:31 Lake Naivasha boat safari
02:35 Pied kingfisher
02:43 Red-knobbed coot
02:51 Squacco heron
02:59 Common greenshank
03:03 African fish eagle
03:51 White-breasted cormorant
04:15 Hadada ibis
04:23 African jacana
04:32 Long-toed lapwing
05:39 Reed cormorant
05:47 Hippopotamus
05:51 Giant kingfisher
05:56 Waterbuck
06:03 White-breasted cormorant
06:11 Common sandpiper
07:06 Hells Gate National Park
07:16 Fischer's Tower vulcanic Pinnacle
07:26 Warthog
07:54 Egyptian goose
08:04 Helmeted guineafowl
08:13 Northern anteater chat
08:18 Black-backed jackal
08:51 Plains zebra
08:56 Grant's gazelle
09:01 Augur buzzard (juvenile)
09:25 Plains zebra and Eland antelope
09:34 Steppe buzzard
09:47 Northern fiscal
09:54 Black-backed jackal
10:03 Baglafecht weaver (male) and two Kenya rufous sparrows
10:11 Baglafecht weaver (female)
10:40 Rüppell's vulture
10:56 Masai giraffe
11:13 Scarlet-chested sunbird (female)
11:21 African Stonechat
11:51 Scarlet-chested sunbird (male)
12:05 Augur buzzard
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