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All our national parks and reserves
have their own quota of this grand
variety and with a few e xceptions,
each one of them covers a different
type of habitat. There are of course
overlapping areas which need to
be taken into account when planning
a bird safari. However, even on
a more standard wildlife safari,
taking in all or some of the major
game viewing areas, the birds provide
a superb added attraction to those
who are interested.
Of great importance to those planning
bird safaris is that birds can be
found in abundance outside the national
parks. There are many areas of Kenya
covering the same wide variation
of habitat, that do not have national
park status. In these places game
may be scarce - but birds are always
present. Examples are Lake Magadi,
only 110 kms south of Nairobi in
Rift Valley, Kakamega Forest in
Western Kenya, a remnant of the
great rain forest that once covered
much of East Africa;Lake Naivasha,
90 kms north of Nairobi; and the
thousands of hectares of farmland,
private ranches and even suburban
gardens in Nairobi. All these areas
are prolific in birdlife.
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