Kakamega Forest and Lake Victoria Adventures (7 Days)
Day 1 Nairobi – Kisumu
Leave Nairobi in the morning, passing 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 a long journey down the Nile) and back to Kisumu for Lunch. Drive to Kakamega arriving late evening, dinner and overnight.
Day 3 Kakamega Forest - Kisumu
After 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 gabon viper, Jamesons mamba and black mamba are found here among other animals. Enormous and very old indigenous trees, some of which are hundreds of years old are to be found here. 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 watching and then continue to Kanjira and Kanam hot springs. On to Homa bay for dinner and overnight.
Day 5 Homa Bay -Rusinga - Mbita
Drive to Rusinga, take a tour of the Island and visit sites of historical importance including the museum (where the remains of the first man were found) by Doctor Louise Leakey. Return to Mbita for dinner and overnight.
Day 6 Mbita- Ruma National Park - Awendo
Depart after breakfast with a picnic lunch and drive through the hills and meandering roads to Ruma national park. On arrival stop for your picnic lunch and take a game drive. After your game drive take the road to Thim Lich Ohinga onto Gogo falls then to Awendo for dinner and your overnight accommodation.
Day 7 Awendo - Nairobi
Depart Awendo, and make your way back to Nairobi through sugar plantations and fantastic scenery passing through the Great rift Valley.
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