Central Kenya Reptiles and Amphibians Tour: 5 Days, 4 Nights

On arrival you will be met by our guide at the airport. You will then proceed to your hotel, crossing the city.

If time allows, this afternoon, we shall visit a local forest for some herping.

Night in Nairobi.

We shall depart early and head North to Mt. Kenya; where our Kenya Herpetology Safari Tour starts. We shall enjoy some roadside stops around local bushes and wetlands. Soon we shall arrive in Mt. Kenya where we shall scout several rivers and forest trails seeking local species.

Species to expect include Kinangop Dainty Frog/ Kinangop Caco, Lonnberg’s Dwarf Toad, Kerinyaga Toad, Mahnert’s Rocket Frog, Nutt’s River Frog, De Witte’s River Frog, Leopard/ Peter’s Reed Frog, Kenya Montane Reed Frog, Silver-bladdered Reed Frog, Bocage’s Tree Frog, Alpine Meadow Skink, Bayon’s Skink, Variable Skink, Kilimanjaro Five-toed Skink, Mt. Kenya/ Allen’s Alpine Meadow Lizard, Blue-headed Tree Agama, Kenya Red-headed Rock Agama, Mt. Kenya Bladeless Chameleon, Von Hohnel’s Chameleon, Mt. Kenya Side-striped Chameleon, Jackson’s Chameleon, Kenya Kenya/ Dickerson’s Forest Gecko, Mt. Kenya Dwarf Gecko, Kibonoto/ Mt. Kilimanjaro Forest Lizard, Battersby’s Green Snake, Mt. Kenya Bush Viper, Forest Wolf Snake, Kenya Striped Skaapsteker, Lineolated/ Lined Blind Snake, Montane Egg-eater, Common Slug-eater, Common Purple-glossed Snake, Kenya Montane Viper and Mt. Kenya/ Meru Tree Snake.

Nights in Mt. Kenya.

Our morning will be spent exploring the high altitude habitat of the iconic Aberdare Ranges. Aberdare National Park is one of the few places where one can drive into the moorland zone. This forms a great experience on all our Kenya Herpetology Safari Tours. We shall also visit some of the iconic waterfalls and their associate rivers. Designated walking areas will also be visited to search for more species.

We shall then make our way to the highland grasslands of the Kinangop Plateau. Here, we shall also scan local dams and rivers for highland species. In the evening, we shall enjoy frogging.

Here we shall be seeking species such as Kinangop Puddle Frog, De Witte’s River Frog, Kinangop Dainty Frog/Kinangop Caco, Mountain Reed Frog /Kenya Montane Reed Frog, Kerinyaga Toad, Kenya Montane Viper, Mt. Kenya/ Meru Tree Snake, Kenya Striped Skaapsteker, Montane Egg-eater, Forest Wolf Snake, East African Highland Grass Lizard, Aberdare Alpine Meadow Lizard, Alpine Meadow Skink, Aberdare Striped Alpine Chameleon/ Aberdare Mountains Dwarf Chameleon, Jackson’s Chameleon, Mt. Kenya Bladeless Chameleon and Von hohnel’s Chameleon.

Night in Kinangop.

Our morning will start with some further exploration of the Kinangop Plateau Grasslands. We shall visit sites that we may have missed the previous day.

We shall then drive back to Nairobi, marking the end to our lovely herping tour.

Battersby’s Green Snake, Mt. Kenya/ Meru Tree Snake, Mt. Kenya Bush Viper, Kenya Forest Gecko, Mt. Kenya Dwarf Gecko, Kibonoto Forest Lizard, Jackson’s Chameleon, Von Hohnel’s Chameleon, Alpine Meadow Skink, Kenya Red-headed Rock Agama

Northern Clawed Frog, Athi Reed Frog, Kerinyaga Toad, Silver-bladdered Reed Frog, Mountain Reed Frog /Kenya Montane Reed Frog, Kinangop Puddle Frog, Scheffler’s Puddle Frog, De Witte’s River Frog, Kinangop Dainty Frog/Kinangop Caco, Nutt’s River Frog, Anchieta’s Rocket Frog

Savannah, Wetlands, Highland Forest, Dry Upland Forest, Alpine Moorland, Montane Grasslands

Excellent

Mt. Kenya, the Great Rift Valley, Kenya’s Endemic species