“Firstly, a note of thanks for organising an excellent birding tour in September. It was a very successful expedition, very productive from a birding point of view, and well managed and operated. Our particular thanks to Chege for his expert guiding, attention to detail, and wonderful timekeeping..”

DA Cowan, Professor FRSSAf Director, Institute for Microbial Biotechnology and Metagenomics, Cape Town, South Africa.

“I want to express my great admiration for your crew, the two drivers Peter1 and Peter2 ("Popo") and the two birdguides Chege and Martin. Martin accompanied us the whole journey in our car and we enjoyed his kwowledge and explanations very much. On the nature walks with Martin and Chege we did see a lot of species that we would never have seen without them. As a photographer I had great opportunities to make quite a number of pictures of birds and other wildlife, it was a paradise for a wildlife photographer.”

Wim de Groot, Wildlife Photographer, the Netherlands, http://www.pbase.com/wimdegroot

“Chege Kariuki turned our vague ideas of what might make a good birdwatching holiday in Kenya into a wonderful experience. Not only did he arrange everything for us, he coped with the problems we threw at him with charm and good humour! As a birding guide, he is extremely knowledgeable and interesting. Despite having small children in tow, he found us great birds and taught us a huge amount about Kenyan ecology and conservation - to which he devotes a lot of his time and energy. We wholeheartedly recommend him as an excellent tour guide, trip organiser and birding companion.”

Graham Appleton, British Trust for Ornithology and
Jenny Gill, University of East Anglia, UK

“Chege was very knowledgeable on every site that I visited with him and we succeeded in videoing several difficult birds.”

Josep del Hoyo, Spain,
(Editor, Handbook Of The Birds Of The World)

A letter to "Africa Birds & Birding" magazine discussing which city in Africa is a birding city

“Whilst I would like to be able to claim Johannesburg as the top spot, I feel that this must go to Nairobi. In April this year a fellow birder, Maurice Britten, and I were fortunate enough to have a weekend off during a two week project in Nairobi. Hoping to do a bit of relaxing birding at the weekend we contacted Chege Kariuki of Birdwatching East Africa, whose details we had found in an earlier issue of Birds & Birding, and arranged for him to pick us up at our hotel at about 06h30 on the middle Saturday.

This he duly did in a well fitted, and provisioned, combi type vehicle and within 30 minutes we were at the gate of the Nairobi National Park. For the next eleven hours we had a feast of birding and nature watching, all within sight of the skyline of Nairobi. Chege’s knowledge of the birds to be found in the Park is enormous and we identified more than 150 species during our day. In addition there were numerous animals with the high spots being sightings of leopard and cheetah. Not bad for a 30 minute drive from the centre of the city!! It was a truly memorable day.”

John Gabriel,
Parktown North, Johannesburg, South Africa.

“Travelling with you was great. You know a lot, showed nice birds and connect us with good local guides. 551 species in just two and a half weeks is just unbelievable!”

Anne Marie van Krimpen and Harvey van Diek , Netherlands,
Harvey van Diek Photography

“The guide, Chege Kariuki went to great lengths to find the rarer, more shy and difficult to find birds, and was very patient with sighting, identifying untiringly for this apprentice birdwatcher.
It was a wonderful experience to go birding in Kenya, the cultural experience far surpassed anything I have done in my life. I thoroughly enjoyed the company of my kenyan guide, and I would just love to do it all over again with the knowledge I now have.”

Lorna Mee, Australia