Incredible nature sounds from Kenya. From the temperate highlands to the Indian Ocean coastline From the vast savannah grasslands to the shores of Lake Victoria Ranging from the Great Rift Valley to the northern Kenya's pristine nature reserves Kenya is a great safari destination SafariPod will bring you an immersive nature-sounds experience from every part of Kenya
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Send us a text Immerse yourself in the peaceful ambiance of a riverbank after the rain. In this episode, you'll hear the soft murmur and rapid current of flowing water, harmonized with melodic calls of woodland birds. Perfect for relaxation, meditation, sleep or focus; this natural soundscape brings a sense of tranquility wherever you are. Let the …
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Send us a text The rain speaks in hushed tones, a language of comfort woven into every drop. It begins softly, a tentative patter against leaves and earth, like distant footsteps tiptoeing across a quiet room. Then as the clouds sigh heavier, the rhythm deepens, a steady, soothing murmur against rooftops and windows, each drop a silver note in natu…
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Send us a text Drift into a world where the farm sighs with new life of quiet renewal. Leaves murmur secrets of the gently blowing wind, whispering of lands healing and wild things returning. Birds stitch silver threads of song through the softened air, their voices rising where silence once ruled. Roosters greet the dawn, their calls echoing acros…
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Send us a text The setting for this episode recording is Isiolo County in Kenya, located north-east of Mount Kenya. Isiolo County is actually the center-most part of the country. The semi-desert environment has its own unique nature sounds and attractions. The recording starts mid-afternoon in a sparsely wooded dry-seasonal-river bed with scattered…
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Relaxing & Healing Forest Sounds - Reloaded
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Send us a text These selected one day-long recordings capture nature sounds from a sunrise to a sunset, and the night ahead. Birds are the most audible and visible creatures in nature. And they know how to welcome a new day with their incredible repertoire of songs and compositions. These recordings are from the same ecosystem a hundred meters radi…
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Send us a text It is middle of the rain season in Kenya. The rains had taken a week's break but came tumbling down from up yonder on Saturday 12th, 2025. Bolts of lightning flashed through the thick clouds followed by thunder claps that seemed to gallop and boom across the evening skyline. The thunder came intermittently after each flash, and left …
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Send us a text Often times, we are too tired or preoccupied with pre-sleep routines to notice the incredible nature sounds that pervade the silence of every night. The crickets, frogs, night jays, the howls, growls and a multitude of other indiscernible sounds are a perfect lullaby for deep sleep or meditation. My untrained scientist mind thinks th…
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Send us a text Nature symphony distilled from the mists of dawn and just after sunrise. Pristine nature is fast disappearing because of our human nature developments. And it is encouraging because humans are incredibly innovative continuously. What matters now is ensuring that we do not degrade nature at the alter of social-economic transformation.…
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Send us a text A visit to the private Mugongai Forest Sanctuary was quite a refreshing audio therapy treat. The little forest is mature and pristine despite its close proximity to an urban environment in Meru County, Kenya. The forest is close to a highway but ambient traffic sounds did not seem to deter the birds from giving out their best in a me…
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Send us a text Sitting by a river bank on a hot afternoon can be sensationally relaxing. I sat by the Ngong river last week of January, and the show was incredible. Birds can be quite chatty. Although our untrained minds may not decipher the audio camaraderie, birds actually engage in lengthy conversations. They embellish the goings on with song an…
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Send us a text The recording starts in mid-morning on a nature trail 30 kilometers out of Nairobi City County. I stopped briefly at several spots along the trail to pick new sounds. Morning bird songs are distinct from the afternoon and evening songs, even if they are the same birds. The variations depend how the day has turned out for each bird sp…
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Send us a text This episode is recorded along a seasonal river bed that runs along the OloSirikon valley when it rains. The seasonal river has receded after the short January rains. It is now a stream flowing before it eventually dries up under the intense February sun. The vegetation has sprung up and the greenery is exhilarating. The air is fresh…
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Send us a text It is late afternoon when this clip is recorded. The clouds are thick and hang low and dark. The birds arrive back early to their night roosts. They perch and generally hang around in their hood and sing merry tones to herald the new rain season. Then it started with lightening flashes across the sky and followed by heavy thunderstor…
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Send us a text These are easy listening sounds of nature. The recording starts at 6.30 am for this episode. The new day breaks with songs of joy from birds. A day full of expectations and opportunities. Most birds are at various stages of waking up. The sun is incrementally rising from the eastern skies, and a golden glow creates a mosaic of patter…
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Send us a text The birds are just back to their roosts to rest and digest and may be grab some nap. It is a moderately hot day and all the birds sound to be in their best spirits. Just talking to each other as they groom. Its like the day was just made for them. Some just perch on branches and sing or fly by from one tree to the next to gain vantag…
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Send us a text Nothing gets one to sleep quickly and soundly than the sound of nature sounds that are only heard after dark. They are unique and rare to many city dwellers. These sounds will reconnect you with nature in a peaceful way that will lull you to sleep or those crucial 40 winks on your desk or recliner after lunch. The cricket, frogs and …
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Yatta River Bank Sounds - Machakos County - Kenya
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Send us a text In my quest to get nature sounds from pristine nature locations, I have found that there are not many places left that could be described as purely pristine. The hand of humanity has already touched almost everywhere. There are still a few places left that one could experience nature with minimal or subdued human sounds in the distan…
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Send us a text It was on Christmas day. We watched a male lion track down a herd of three male impalas from late afternoon. The location is at the Nairobi National Park southern border. We watched from the safety of a secure terrace. And a hyena scout is never too far away from a lion on a hunting prowl. If the lion makes a kill, then he would howl…
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Send us a text Oloosirikon is located in Kajiado County in Kenya, adjacent to the Nairobi National Park southern border. Migrating birds take time to roost in the savannah grassland valleys before continuing with their journeys. For the time they are in the vicinity, they provide an incredible acoustic boost to the local birds that inhabit the wood…
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Send us a text Agroforestry is one of the smartest solutions to climate change mitigation. The farmer benefits and biodiversity thrives, harmful carbon is sequestered and soil erosion is controlled. In a healthy farm such as this where this recording has been done, birds find a beautiful and bountiful place to call home with all the trees, shrubber…
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Send us a text This episode is recorded in a private forest sanctuary in Meru County in Kenya. It is just after dawn and the birds welcome a new day with what they do best and that is sing. I do not know any human being who wakes up and sings so early in the morning. It is my contention that the day we humans learn to emulate birds and start our da…
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Send us a text This episode is recorded early in the morning before sunrise Every dawn starts off with fantastic nature sounds, mostly from birds. They seem to be the happiest to see a new day as they break out with their songs. Each bird belts out a unique blend of melody that is in rhythm with all the others. Waking up to these sounds is quite up…
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Send us a text This is an easy listening mid-day composition by birds that inhabit an acacia woodlot in Kajiado County in Kenya. Even the insects add their buzz to punctuate the slow jam ochestra. There are those providing the bass, others soprano, baritones and rhythms. The birds have come back to their roosts after a busy morning hunting for thei…
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Send us a text Karurimo River flows from the lower Mount Kenya forest. It joins the bigger Kathita River downstream which in turn runs further down to swell the might Tana River that runs all the way into the Indian Ocean. Karurimo River valley had recently borne the brunt of construction of a major sewer line to serve Meru city, the county headqua…
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