Kenya: Six Days on Safari

A black and white photo of a lion walking through tall grass in its natural habitat.

01 | The Trip

A six-day journey through Lake Naivasha, Lake Nakuru and the Masai Mara, from my first morning on safari to the final flight back to Nairobi. Hosted by Aedena Rovers.

02 | The Itinerary

Day 1: Nairobi → Lake Naivasha

Day 2: Lake Naivasha → Lake Nakuru

Day 3: Lake Nakuru → Masai Mara

Days 4–5: Masai Mara

Day 6: Masai Mara → Nairobi

03 | My Safari Photography kit

Camera Body: Sony Alpha A1 II

Lens: Sony FE 400-800mm f/6.3-8 G OSS

04 | What I saw

(1) Red-cheeked Cordonbleu (2) Pied Wheatear (3) Common Waxbill (4) Sooty Chat (5) Yellow-fronted Canary (6) Ring-necked Dove (7) Crowned Lapwing (8) Magpie Shrike (9) Hildebrandt’s Starling (10) Yellow-billed Oxpecker (11) Black-bellied Bustard (12) Bare-faced Go Away Bird (13) D’ardnaud’s Barbet (14) African Red-rumped Swallow (15) Grey Caped Social Weaver (16) Africa Pipit (17) Black Chested Snake Eagle (18) Purple Grenadier (19) Bulbul (20) Helmeted Guineafowl (21) Lilac Breasted Roller (22) Gray Crowned Crane (23) White Backed Vulture (24) Marabou Stork (25) Lappet-faced Vulture (26) Isabelle Wheatear (27) Rufous-naped Lark (28) Little Bee-eater (29) Yellow Mantled Widow Bird (30) Lesser Striped Swallow (31) Three Banded Plover (32) Cattle Egret (33) Grey Backed Fiscal (34) Bateleur (35) Superb Starling (36) Ruppells Starling (37) Pin-tailed Whydah (38) Black Headed Heron (39) Croaking Cisticola (40) Speckled Mousebird (41) Crested Francolin (42) Egyptian Goose (43) Yellow Billed Stork (44) Great Tailed Grackle (45) African Grey Flycatcher (46) Fork Tailed Drongo (47) Red Billed Oxpecker (48) White Winged Kite (49) Secretary Bird (50) Tawny Eagle (51) Yellow Bellied Greenbul (52) Yellow Bishop (53) Cyprus Wheatear (54) Masai Ostrich (55) Yellow Throated Longclaw (56) Eastern Paradise Whydah (57) African Grey Hornbill (58) Scaly Frankcolin (59) Black Stork (60) Lion (61) Spotted Hyena (62) Serval (63) Cheetah (64) Jackal (65) Banded Mongoose (66) African Elephant (67) Masai Giraffe (68) Rothschild Giraffe (69)‍ Dik Dik ‍(70) Waterbuck (71) Cape Buffalo (72) Zebra (73) Wildebeest (74) Hippopotamus (75) Topi (76) Thomson’s Gazelle (77) Grant’s Gazelle (78) Eland (79) Warthog (80) White Rhino (81) Olive Baboon (82) Vervet Monkey (83) Bush Hydrax (84) Pied Kingfisher (85) Grey-headed Kingfisher (86) Glossy Ibis (87) Pink Backed Pelican (88) White Fronted Bee-eater (89) Hadada Ibis (93) Greater Flamingo (94) Augur Buzzard (95) Red-billed Duck (96) White-faced Whistling Duck (97) Blue-billed Teal (98) Lesser Striped Swallow (99) Blue-headed Tree Agama (100) White-rumped Shrike (101) Nile Crocodile (102) Great White Pelican (103) African fish eagle (104) Great Cormorant

  • A rhinoceros walking in a grassy plain with trees in the background.

    White Rhino

  • A bird perched on a tree branch surrounded by green leaves, with a blurred background.

    Speckled Mousebird

  • A warthog standing in a grassy field with blurred green vegetation in the background.

    Warthog

  • A black and white woodpecker with a long black beak, perched on a tree trunk.

    Pied Kingfisher

  • A baby monkey with large eyes snuggled against its mother in tall grass.

    Vervet Monkey

  • A bird of prey with sharp eyes and a strong beak perched on a thorny branch of a small tree or shrub, with a blurred green background.

    Black-Winged Kite

  • Close-up of a squirrel's face, focusing on its ears and eyes, with blurry background of leaves.

    Dik Dik

  • Colorful bird perched on a branch with a blurred background.

    Grey-headed Kingfisher

  • A hippopotamus lying on grassy ground with three small birds on its back.

    Hippopotamus (with Oxpeckers on back)

  • A young lion cub sitting in tall grass in a natural habitat, looking to the right.

    Lion

  • A brown and black glossy bird with a long beak standing on leafy ground, with several white and black birds in the background, some blurry, and purple flowers in the foreground.

    Glossy Ibis

  • A young coyote standing on a sandy desert landscape with a blurred background and shadows on the ground.

    Jackall

  • A close-up of a pelican swimming in water with a cloudy sky in the background.

    Pink Backed Pelican

  • Close-up of a bird with a black beak, orange and tan facial markings, and green and brown feathers, perched on a branch.

    White Fronted Bee-eater

  • Close-up of an antelope with light brown fur and black and white markings on its face, standing outdoors with a blurred green background.

    Waterbuck

  • A close-up of a dark brown bird with a long, slightly curved beak, standing among green grass and leaves with a blurred green background.

    Hadada Ibis

  • A flamingo bending down to feed in a shallow water area with floating green vegetation.

    Yellow-billed Stork

  • Close-up of a bird's head, showing its eye and a bee in its beak.

    Superb Starling

  • Two baboons sitting on the ground with a blurred natural background. The larger baboon is on the right, looking down and to the side, while the smaller baboon is on the left, looking upward. The smaller baboon appears to be grooming or examining the larger one.

    Olive Baboon

  • A flamingo standing in water, with its neck arched and its head resting on its body, against a cloudy sky background.

    Greater Flamingo

  • A bald eagle perched on a tree branch surrounded by green leaves, with a focused expression.

    Augur Buzzard

  • Two ducks swimming on calm water with a gray sky in the background.

    Red-billed Duck

  • A group of five ducks standing on a log in a pond with green algae, with four of them having white faces and brown bodies and one with black feathers, all facing the right side of the image.

    White-faced Whistling Duck

  • Close-up of a duck swimming in a pond with green duckweed on the water surface.

    Blue-billed Teal

  • A colorful bird with blue, red, and brown feathers perched on a branch among green leaves and twigs.

    Red-cheeked Cordonbleu

  • Close-up of a wild feline, possibly a bobcat, lying in tall grass with its eyes half-closed.

    Serval

  • A close-up of a woodpecker with black, yellow, and white plumage perched on a tree branch against a blurred green background.

    D'Arnaud's Barbet

  • A small bird with a rusty orange breast, dark blue wings and back, and a black head, standing on wet, muddy ground near a small puddle of water.

    African Red-rumped Swallow

  • Colorful bird perched on a bare tree branch against a clear sky.

    Lilac Breasted Roller

  • A close-up of a blue lizard resting on a rock with a cloudy sky in the background.

    Blue-headed Tree Agama

  • A vulture flying low above a green landscape with trees and hills in the background.

    Lappet-faced Vulture

  • Close-up of a bird's head with a white crown, dark eyes, a black beak, and brown and white feathers, against a clear blue sky.

    White-rumped Shrike

  • Little Bee-eater

  • African Elephant

  • Masai Ostrich

  • Hyena

  • Gray Crowned Crane

05 | Who planned it?

A huge thank you to Aedena Rovers, a proudly Kenyan-owned company, for making this adventure possible. Exploring Kenya with a team who know and love the country so well made the experience even more special.

And a very special thank you to my guide, Victor, who was brilliant throughout the trip. From spotting wildlife I would have completely missed to sharing his knowledge of the animals, landscapes and local area, he made every day in the bush an adventure. I couldn't have asked for a better guide to show me Kenya.

If you are looking for your own Kenyan adventure, please email.

info@aedenarovers.com