Bird Watching Kenya

Bird Watching Kenya is a Nakuru-based outfit run by Moses Kandie, a Rift Valley native who has been guiding birders through Kenya's national parks and reserves for many years. The operation is small and owner-led — most tours are guided by Kandie himself, and the focus is squarely on Kenya rather than the wider East African circuit. The coverage map matches what most visitors actually want to see: Lake Baringo and Lake Nakuru on Kandie's home turf in the Rift Valley, Mount Kenya and the Aberdares for highland endemics, Arabuko-Sokoke and Taita Hills for the coastal specialities, and Kakamega Forest for the Guineo-Congolian outliers. Itineraries are flexible — pure birding, mixed birding-and-mammals, photography, or day trips out of Nairobi. Kandie is also listed as one of the working professional guides on Birding Pal, a long-running clearinghouse for amateur and professional birding contacts. Visiting birders looking for a Kenya-only operator with day-rate flexibility, rather than a fixed-itinerary international company, often end up here.