KENYA CULTURAL SAFARI
9 Days Western
Kenya Culture and Community Safari
Western Kenya
Culture and Community Safari, Kisumu Cultural Safaris,
Lake Victoria Cultural Tours, Africa Cultural Tours,
East Africa Community Tours, Adventure Travel in Africa,
Special Interest Safaris
Day 1 Nairobi –
Nakuru – Kericho
Leave Nairobi
early in the morning after breakfast and drive through
the Great Rift Valley and have a stop-over at the View
Point to have a glance at the breathtaking Escarpment.
Proceed to Lake Nakuru for a game drive in this home of
millions of Flamingos, the Pelican Birds and the White
Rhino. Early lunch in Lake Nakuru Lodge, then proceed to
the evergreen Town of Kericho to have the spectacular
view of the Tea Plantation. Have some time to interact
with tea pickers and learn much more about the laborers.
Dinner and overnight at a Kericho Hotel.
Day 2 Kericho –
Kano Plains (Lwanda Magere Site) – Kisumu
After breakfast,
depart from Kericho to the plains of Kano and visit the
grave of the legendary fallen hero of the Luo tribe. You
will be briefed on the history of Lwanda Magere whom,
according to history, turned into a stone after he was
shot by a spear from a member of the Kalenjin tribe whom
they were at war with. You can give your donation to the
staff to maintain the grave and there welfare. Proceed
further passing through the Rice Plantations arriving in
Kisumu City late evening, picnic lunch en route, dinner
and overnight at a hotel.
Day 3 Kisumu Full
Day
You will spend a
full day in Kisumu visiting Dunga Beach which is famous
all over Nyanza for the sale of Fish. You will have an
opportunity to interact with the local fishermen and get
to know the culture around the fishing beaches. Proceed
to the Museum where you will get to see different
artifacts of the various tribes that occupy Western
Kenya especially the Luo. Lunch in the hotel. After
lunch proceed to Kit Mikayi (the stone of the first wife
who is believed to be the mother of the Luo who rested
here after a very long journey in search of the source
of the Nile). Time allows you can have a hike at Riat
Hills to get a glimpse of the Greater Kisumu City.
Dinner in the hotel, after dinner, optional visit to a
Discotheque or visit a live band and have a feel of
Kisumu-by-night or retire after dinner to your bed
preparing for the next day’s itinerary.
Day 4 Kisumu –
Kendu bay – Homabay.
Leave after
breakfast departing from Kisumu City and drive to Kendu
bay experiencing the typical African rough roads to
reach Kendu bay and proceed straight to Simbi Nyaima for
a mythological story about this magical Lake followed by
a visit to Orian’g market to view the amazing pottery
work by the Orian’g Women Group. Have an early lunch in
Kendu bay, then drive to Kanjira and Kanam Hot springs
this will give you an opportunity of interacting with
groups of men and women whose work is to transport the
Soda Ash using Donkeys to the Town of Kisii for sale.
This is their source of livelihood. If you have an egg,
you can boil it within 5 minutes at the hot springs.
Proceed to Homabay for dinner and overnight at a hotel.
Day 5 Homabay –
Ruma National Park – Mbita Point
After breakfast,
drive through Lambwe Valley reaching this park which
hosts the largest number of Roan Antelopes in Africa to
enjoy a game drive, picnic lunch, then transfer to Mbita
Point for dinner and overnight.
Day 6 Mbita Point
Full Day
Have a full day
in Mbita visiting the site at Ligongo Hills where Dr.
Mary Leakey discovered the skull of early man -
Proconsul Africanus. This archaeological finding is kept
in the Kenya National Museum in Nairobi. The hill also
acts as the Vantage Point to see on rotation how water
has gone round the Island. Visit the Tom Mboya
Mausoleum, built in memory of the vibrant Politician by
similar name that was gunned down in 1963 which evoked
demonstrations all over the Country. Tom Mboya was
interred at his ancestral home in Kamasengre Village in
Rusinga Island. Enjoy the mythological story of Nyama gi
Ware the stones which are believed to have been bulls
fighting from these different Clans. Get a ride around
the Island back to Mbita in the evening, picnic lunch en
route, dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Day 7 Mbita Point
Full Day.
We begin this day
by visiting a local Catholic Church early in the morning
after breakfast the rest of the day is dedicated to less
fortunate individuals in the society e.g. Women groups
organized by the widows as a result of HIV/ AIDS
scourge, Orphaned children whose parents died of AIDS
related diseases, Tom Mboya Memorial Hospital and the
development projects which are being financed by
voluntary groups etc Visit one or two local homes and
get to know the real picture of how the common rural
families are going over there usual choruses
economically, socially and politically. Join fishermen
pulling fish to the shore in the evening and get to
learn how Luos as a tribe depends entirely on Fish as
the source of their livelihood. Dinner and overnight in
Mbita Hotel.
Day 8 Mbita Point
Full Day.
After breakfast a
visit to a local primary school which is in dire need of
teaching equipments occupies the morning. Enjoy lunch at
the hotel after which proceed for a traditional boat
rally competition followed by optional activities e.g. a
walk to Gembe Hills which is on the vicinity of your
accommodation and has quite a number of Birds with a
very tranquil surrounding or just relax around the hotel
enjoying the serene of the facility. Dinner and
overnight at the hotel.
Day 9 Mbita –
Kisumu – Nairobi
Early morning
breakfast, then to the ferry to cross over from Mbita to
Lwanda for an onward safari to Kisumu for early lunch,
then proceed to Nairobi arriving late in the evening
with a transfer either to a hotel of your choice or to
the airport.
NB: This itinerary can be extended to Maasai Mara or Uganda on request. Under this itinerary, we organize the following on request:
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