Walking and Birding Tours in Kenya

What easily comes to mind when travelers think about Kenya is “Safari”, viewing the large mammals of the East African plains and the wildebeest migration in Masai Mara. The wildlife is great but a sour note to the safari, especially for active people, is that it is a passive vehicle-bound experience with no activity. A day in the vehicle is fine but when it stretches to a week or two of constant driving it definitely leaves its mark on the body and there are thousands of tourists who can confirm this. 

Unknown to many people, it is possible to have a two-in-one holiday combining guided walks/birding and wonderful game viewing away from mass tourism. Since 1996 Ontdek Kenya Ltd, based in Nyeri, Kenya, has been organizing such holidays for the active nature travelers who want more from their Kenyan holiday than the vehicle-confined safari menu of “morning and afternoon game drives”.

The itineraries we offer are a reflection of our lifestyles; we enjoy game viewing, walking and birding on these terms: 

• Spend quality time in scenic places away from mass tourism with safely planned activities.

• No “roughing-up things”.  We like comfortable accommodation in small lodges or tented camps with unfailing high standards of hospitality and good food.

• We like wildlife viewing but not as a competitive sport of the number of lions or rhinos we have seen. Our concern is on how we observe wildlife and we will certainly stop to observe a bird instead of joining the safari rush of wanting to see the 10^th lion while surrounded by 10 minibuses.

• Interaction with knowledgeable local people who want to share with us the various aspects of their culture without the choreography found in tourism.

Most nature travelers can identify with the above aspects and we have brought them into our business so as to give you a memorable holiday in Kenya. At this time of generalist tour operators who can offer “any package under the Kenyan sky”, at Ontdek we only offer you tours that we can book for ourselves, specifically guided walking and birding tours. And since this is our full time occupation and we specialize only in Kenya, we have unrivalled up-to-date local knowledge that guarantees unmatched professional and yet personal service.

While we encourage you to make an informed decision concerning your Kenyan tour, we deliberately avoid the use of marketing superlatives and the now common write-ups on clients' comments that may not be independently verified. Instead we present you with clear info about our tours so that you can choose to travel with us on conviction that our style and pace of running tours is what you are looking for. 

If you are looking for a vehicle-bound safari whereby you put your active lifestyle on hold as you crisscross all the parks in record time, we know for sure that our tours would be too slow and detailed for you. However if you want a truly different travel experience mixing walking, birding and game viewing with unsurpassed level of personal attention then our tours are ideal for you. Start by comparing our day-to-day itineraries with other Kenya bound tours even where enticing words like eco, nature, adventure, expedition or even walking and birding are used. Secondly we respect that satisfying travel is about trust and a lot of people are hesitant to book a tour to Africa especially if they are privately arranging it with an agent abroad. We would therefore like you to consider that we are trusted by some of the most respected operators of walking/birding holidays to run tours for them in Kenya and it is possible to book any of our tours via them especially if you want to join a scheduled group tour.  See our references page. 

Though our walking and birding sites seamlessly overlap, we have designed different itineraries for birders and walkers. It would be a disaster to put a conditioned walker in a group of birders who have no problem standing in a birding spot for hours.  Similarly no serious birder would wish to be in a group of walkers, who though interested in birds may not want to wait until that chipping sound comes from the bush. However from our own experience and that of a growing number of our clients, we know that it is possible to want a holiday that simultaneously caters for your birding and walking needs and it can be best met by a private tailor-made tour.

Sincerely looking forward to hosting you in Kenya. 

Peter and Anne Huysman

Owners and Operators
Ontdek Kenya Ltd
P.O. Box 2352
10140 Kimathi Way
Nyeri, Kenya
Tel +254-61-2030326
E-mail us

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