Cisticola Tours Guide, Washington Wachira, exceeds 1,000 species in one East African Birding Big Year (2022) Birding is a great passion and a career base for all Tour Guides at Cisticola Tours LTD (https://www.cisticolatours.com/). We have, for many years, successfully shown world birders most of the birds of East Africa, through our different tours and […]
Cisticola Tours Guide, Washington Wachira, discovers a lizard species, new to Science (Marsabit Rock Agama Agama wachirai) While co-leading a birding tour in Northern Kenya, Cisticola Tours Guide, Washington Wachira, noticed some unusual-looking lizard females. He was quite sure they belonged to the Agama genus, but had never seen females with the same pattern before. […]
WHERE TO WATCH BIRDS IN UGANDA – UGANDA’S TOP BIRDING HOTSPOTS Located within the vast wildernesses of East Africa, Uganda is fast becoming a great stopover for birdwatchers with an estimated record of 1,007 bird species. A birding tour in Uganda is always a life-changing experience. Many birders who have taken a Uganda Birding Safari […]
A Birding Day Tour in the Western Mt. Kenya Forests Located on the Equator, about 200kms North of Nairobi and rising to a towering height of over 5,000 meters, Mount Kenya is Africa’s second-highest mountain. It is a famous site for hiking tours and an excellent site for birding day tours. With its rugged glacier-clad […]
Introduction The Kenya Women Birders is a group of passionate ladies who are trained in a series of programs to equip them with skills to become professional bird guides. The trainings are facilitated by Cisticola Tours Limited as part of our sustainability projects with the aim of nurturing the next generation of female guides. Cisticola […]
Introduction This was the first training held specifically for the Kenya Women Birders. The Kenya Women Birders is a new club whose aim is to nurture the next generation of female birders in Kenya. The club was launched at a spectacular event that was held at Ford Hall, Nairobi National Museum, on 29th March, 2019. […]
The Kenya Women Birders launch event will be at Ford Hall, Nairobi National Museum Headquarters, 2-5pm on 29th March, 2019. Invite all your friends, both men and women, as we launch this great initiative for Kenya. See you all there.
Get full details about the event on the poster below. See you there!
Washington Wachira, has been studying the breeding and feeding ecology of Africa’s most powerful eagle – the African Crowned Eagle. In this exciting interview, Washington shares his work with Markus, on the African Raptors Website. Kindly follow the link below to enjoy this interview: http://www.africanraptors.org/interview-with-washington-wachira-about-crowned-eagles-in-kenya/ Just published a new interview about Crowned Eagles in Kenya:https://t.co/etwKV1E6is Many […]
Washington Wachira will be attending the Year of the Bird Event at National Geographic this February. Join Washington Wachira as he gives two great talks on birds during the week-long event. We are so proud of you Washington. Follow this link to read more about this event and how you can be part of it: https://www.nationalgeographic.org/dc/events/national-geographic-nights-bird-nerds/