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7 Days Western
Kenya Safari, Kisumu,
Ndere National Park,
Kakamega Forest,
Homa Bay and Ruma
National Park.
DAY
1: NAIROBI - KISUMU
Leave Nairobi in the morning, have lunch at Kericho. Walk in the tea
plantations then
drive via Lwanda
Magere (the Luo
warrior who was
killed and turned
into a stone)
continue to Kisumu
for dinner and
overnight.
kit mikaye
DAY 2: NDERE ISLAND
NATIONAL PARK -
KAKAMEGA
After breakfast
drive to Kaloka
beach, take a boat
to Ndere Island
national park
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) drive back to
Kisumu for Lunch. I
n Kisumu the tour
takes you to Impala
park, Kisumu Museum
and Dunga beach
(optional). 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 mammals
Primates, Bushback,
Red and blue
Duikers, Bush pigs,
Porcupines and at
night Flying
squirrels, Hammer
Headed fruit bats,
Tree pangolins, poto,
Mongoose along the
rivers Clawless
otter. 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 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 and after a
brief stop, continue
to Kendu bay for
lunch. Proceed to
Simbi Nyaima for
bird viewing in this
small lake, and then
onwards to Kanjira
and Kanam hot
springs before
continuing to the
small town of Homa
bay for dinner and
overnight.
Lake Victoria
DAY 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, visit Tom
Mboya Mausoleum
where this
accomplished
nationalist cum-
politician was
buried. 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 {The
park protects the
only indigenous
population of rare
roan antelopes
within Kenya} then
drive out to Thim
Lich Ohinga onto
Gogo falls then to
Awendo for dinner
and overnight
DAY 7: AWENDO -
NAIROBI
Depart Awendo,
driving through
sugar plantations to
Tabaka where you can
buy Kisii soapstones
- for this is the
home of these famous
carvings. Partake of
lunch en route then
proceed to Nairobi
where you arrive in
the late evening.
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