1 Day Kakamega Rainforest Tour From Kisumu

Tour Highlights

STARTING AND ENDING: Any Hotels in Kisumu or Kakamega

DEPARTURE TIME: Daily Departure at 0600 hours

RETURN TIME: Flexible

WEAR: Comfortable clothing, hiking boots, hat, jacket, and sunscreen.

Kakamega forest is famous for its plant diversity, bird species, insect life, and uniqueness. It is Kenya’s only remaining patch of the Guineo-Congolian rainforest, a rainforest that once spanned west and central Africa, with its easternmost edge in Western Kenya.

The forest, which is the only natural tropical rainforest left in Kenya, is a terrain of hardwood trees, swamps, rivers, glades, and shallow forests. The Forest’s huge variety of birds (Some 367 bird species have been recorded in the forest), reptiles, and insects make it a specialist eco-tourism attraction for bird-watchers and wildlife photographers.

The Forest is generally considered the eastern-most remnant of the lowland Congo rainforest of Central Africa since it is dominated by Central African species of flora and fauna. This old and impressive forest can be easily described as a hardwood forest with swamps and rivers, glades and shallow forest around the edges.

The climate is generally wet with 2,000 mm of rainfall/year, with the long rains months being April to May and August to September as the short rains months. January and February are the driest months, with July being slightly dry. Generally, the temperature is fairly constant all year, with mean daily minimums of about 11 c and mainly daily maximums of about 26 c.

The terrain is undulating, with often steep-sided river valleys. The soils are well-drained, deep, heavily leached, clay-loams and clays, of generally low fertility.

TOUR ITINERARY

Kakamega Forest Reserve is one of the hidden gems of Kenya, far removed from the drama of the Big Five but with an intimacy all of its own. ‘The silence was broken by the cacophony of noise from the forest denizens, birds, frogs, and the arguing of monkeys’. This is what many visitors to Kakamega forest experience during their visit. This is not the Kenya of safari brochures; instead, it is a place of intimate and unique beauty.

The Kakamega Forest Reserve is a part of the Kakamega forest system of Kenya and is thought to be the only Guinea-Congolian tropical rainforest left in the country, from what once stretched across Central and East Africa.

ITINERARY

0600hrs: Pick up from location/locations to be advised.
0700hrs: Arrive at the Kakamega Rainforest park for the game drive/park Formalities.
0800hrs – 1500hrs: Safari Walk in Kakamega Rainforest.
1800hrs: Safaris Driver /Tour guide staff will then drop you off at a location of your choice

INCLUDED:

Return transfer from and to the park

Game drive using customised safari vehicles

Qualified Drive Guide

All Taxes/VAT

NOT INCLUDED:

International flights (from/to home)

Tips

Personal items (souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)

Some meals (as specified in the day-by-day)