This is a tour package that will take you to most of the tourist attraction site found in Western Kenya.
It takes you to the following places: Ndere national park, kakamega forest, Rice plantations, Simbi Nyaima, Kanjira-Kanam hot springs,Rusinga Island-Tom Mboya Museum and prehistoric site, Ruma national park, Awendo sugar Plantations.
Budget camping is a popular means of spending holidays in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania, and incursions into the wildlife reserves and remote frontiers are possible at reasonable rates. Victoria Safaris offers budget tours to these areas and trips are undertaken using safari minibuses with pop up roofs.
Trip Details
Duration
7 Days
Location
Western Kenya
Season
Year Round
Trip Type
Guided Safari
Nearest City
Nairobi
Physical Condition Required
Fair
Destination(s)
Nyanza, Kenya Western, Kenya
Guest Capacity
3 or more
Accommodations
Lodge or hotel
Activities
Tour drive, game viewing, photo taking, filming, luo cultural lessons, rice and sugar plantation tour, boat drive, fishing in Lake Victoria if you like.
Dining
Lodge or hotel
Wildlife Viewed
Lwanda Magere, Kit-Mikaye, Kisumu Museum, Dunga Beach, Kakamega forest birds, butterflies, debraza, colobus, blue and red tailed monkeys, olive baboons. Over 30 varieties of snakes, including the deadly gaboon viper, Jameson mamba, and black mamba are found here among other animals. Great and very old indigenous trees.
Other Attractions
Simbi Nyaima, Odino falls, Ahero rice plantations, Kit Mikayi, Lake Victoria, Tom Mboya Mausoleum, vegetation, climate, and much more.
Rates
$1,960.00 - $2,485.00per personCurrency Converter (Rates shown are in US Dollars. Rates and terms are subject to change.)
Additional Rate Info
Excludes: Extras at the lodges i.e. drinks, telephone, laundry etc., both local and international flights, departure tax, tips to porters and drivers, and local charges and participatory fees.
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Trip Itinerary
Day 1: Nairobi - Kisumu Leave Nairobi in the morning and 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.
Day 2: Ndere Island National Park - Kakamega After breakfast, drive to Kaloka Beach and take a boat to Ndere Island National Park, where you can 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) to Kisumu for lunch. In 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 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 hundreds of years old. Drive to Kisumu for dinner and overnight.
Day 4: Kisumu - Homa Bay Leave Kisumu after breakfast and drive south through rice plantations in Kano plains to Odino Falls. After a brief stop, continue to Kendu Bay for lunch. Proceed to Simbi Nyaima for bird viewing in this small lake, then to Kanjira and Kanam Hot Springs and to Homa Bay for dinner and overnight.
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, driving through hills and a meandering road to Ruma National Park. Enjoy a picnic lunch followed by a 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 and drive through sugar plantations via Tabaka for the soapstones you can buy if you'd like (they are less expensive here than in Nairobi). Lunch enroute, arriving in Nairobi in the evening.
This Package Includes
Airport Pick Up
Full Board Accommodations on Safari (Including Homestays)
Service of an English-Speaking Driver Guide
Transport Based on a Safari Minibus with Pop Up Roof for Game Viewing
Driver Allowances and Park Fees for Vehicle and Driver
Government Taxes
Notes
Various adventure camping itineraries are available from Victoria Safaris' offices and these offer the traveler low budget tours to the East Africa countries of Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. Though these trips are arranged by destination, there is the possibility of combining safaris to enable you to seamlessly visit the three countries.
Cancellation Policy
The following cancellation charges will be applicable. Should you need to cancel you must notify Victoria Safaris immediately in writing (or by email) for this eventuality or else your deposit will be non-refundable. Notification period Charges
90 days and over -Deposit refund - Less $50 per person/per tour cancellation
fee
89-60 days prior to travel date - 40%
59-30 days prior to travel date - 60%
29- 0 days to travel date - 100%
Although it rarely happens, and Victoria Safaris and its agent(s) do their utmost to avoid doing so, Victoria Safaris and its agent(s) must reserve the right to cancel tours and other arrangements.
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