The Sabaki River Mouth is one of Kenya’s 62 Important Bird Areas, qualifying due to its large number of waterbirds, which include resident birds and Palearctic migrants that over winter in Kenya. The Dakatcha woodland is an IBA and Key Biodiversity Area for many Globally Threatened species such as Endangered Clarke's Weaver, the wetlands around Dakatcha are the only known places they nest! Join us for this thrilling birdwatching safari at Sabaki Estuary and Dakatcha Woodlands!

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Bird Highlights

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SABAKI ESTUARY:

Broad-billed Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper, Gull-billed Tern, Lesser Flamingo, Lesser Crested Tern, Mangrove Kingfisher, Pink-backed Pelican, Swift Tern, Roseate Tern, Saunders’s Tern, Sanderling, Sooty Gull, Violet-breasted Sunbird, White-cheeked Tern, White-fronted Plover, White-winged Black Tern,

 

DAKATCHA WOODLANDS:

Northern Carmine Bee-eater, Malindi Pipits, Black-headed Batis, Mouse-coloured Sunbird, Retz’s Helmetshrike, Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike, Narina Trogon, Little Spotted Woodpecker, Mombasa Woodpecker, Brown-headed Parrot, Coastal Cisticola, Zanzibar Red Bishop, Black-winged Red Bishop, Yellowbill, Eastern Nicator, Common Scimitarbill, Sokoke Pipit and Senegal Plover.

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BOOKINGS

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• WhatsApp/SMS/Call: +254702086676

• Email: info@swahiliecosafaris.com

• For any further assistance, be it pictures, more information, or anything else, kindly do not hesitate to get in touch with us. We will be more than happy to help.

 

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Check out the top 10 best birds to spot in Kenya, written by The Kenyan Birder, our expert birdwatcher, HERE.