Kakamega Forest and Lake Victoria Adventures (7 Days)

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Day 1 Nairobi – Kisumu

ndere-islandLeave Nairobi in the morning, pass through the Rift Valley via Nakuru with a short stop over for lunch at Kericho. Walk in the tea plantations then drive via Lwanda Magere (the Luo warrior who was killed and turned into a stone) and continue to Kisumu for dinner and overnight.

Day 2 Ndere Island National Park ? Kakamega

After breakfast drive to Kaloka beach, get a chance to talk to the fishermen and the women fishmongers by the beach before taking a boat to Ndere Island national park to see some game and bird life. Row the boat back to Kaloka beach. Drive via Kit- Mikaye ( This rock is where Mikaye the mother of Luo tribe sheltered herself after along journey down the Nile) and back to Kisumu for Lunch. Optional Kisumu tours include Impala park, Kisumu Museum and Dunga beach. Drive to Kakamega arriving late evening, dinner and overnight.

Day 3 Kakamega Forest ? Kisumu

Colobus_monkeyAfter breakfast, full day exploration of Kakamega forest in search of birds, butterflies and animals such as debraza, colobus, blue and red tailed monkeys and olive baboons. Over 30 varieties of snakes including the deadly gaboon viper, Jamesons mamba and black mamba are found here among other animals. Great and very old indigenous trees, some of which are hundreds of years old. Drive to Kisumu for dinner and overnight.

Day 4 Kisumu – Homa Bay

Leave Kisumu after breakfast, drive southwards through rice plantations in Kano plains to Odino falls after brief stop continue to Kendu bay for lunch. Proceed to lake Simbi Nyaima for bird viewing , continue to Kanjira and Kanam hot springs onto Homa bay for dinner and overnight.

Rusinga_Bird_IslandsDay 5 Homa Bay -Rusinga ? Mbita

Drive to Rusinga, do a tour of the Island to the historical places including the museum (where the remains of the first man were found) by Doctor Louise Leakey, Tom Mboya Mauseleum where this accomplished nationalist cum- politician was burried. After his assassination on a Nairobi street. Return to Mbita for dinner and overnight.

Day 6 Mbita- Ruma National Park ? Awendo

Depart after breakfast drive through hills and meandering road to Ruma national park with a picnic lunch do game drive then drive out to Thim Lich Ohinga onto Gogo falls then to Awendo for dinner and overnight

Day 7 Awendo ?Nairobi

Depart Awendo, drive past sugar plantations through the Great Rift Valley back to the city of Nairobi.

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