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What to do and see in Kisumu, Nyanza Province: The Best Cultural Tours
Kisumu, officially known as Kisumu City (and formerly Port Florence), is a Kenyan inland port city on Lake Victoria and the capital city of Kisumu County, Kenya. At an elevation of 1,131 m (3,711 ft), the city-county has a population of 968,879, while the metropolitan region comprising the city and its suburbs and satellite towns of Maseno, Kondele and Ahero was estimated at over 1 million in early 2017. It is the third largest city in Kenya after the capital, Nairobi, and the coastal city of Mombasa. Kisumu is the principal city of western Kenya, the immediate former capital of Nyanza Province, the headquarters of Kisumu County and the proposed headquarters of the Lake Region Economic Block, which is a conglomeration of 13 counties in Western Kenya. It is the largest city in western Kenya and the second most important city after Kampala in the greater Lake Victoria basin.
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1. Kisumu City tour (2 days)
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 1 reviews
Come visit Kisumu,the flamboyant lake side city,interact with the homely locals and learn the History and Culture of Luo land
Inclusions: Air-conditioned vehicle, All Fees and Taxes
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2. 11-Day Private Kenya Cultural Safaris and Heritages Tour
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 1 reviews
This Tour is best for any traveler as it crisscrosses the country with so many different vegetation and sceneries. From Nairobi city, we pass through the Rift Valley province to Maasai Mara game reserve to see the many animals which abound the park including the big five. You then drive through Kilgoris to Awendo Sugar belt with a Sony sugar processing factory. Through to the mythological sites of Thim Lich Ohinga in Migori, Nyamgodho in Homa bay County, Kit Mikayi and Lwanda Magere in Kisumu county. Not forgetting the oldest Gold mines of Macalder in Migori and the tea highlands of Kericho County. The tour will also take you to the beautiful and historical Islands in Lake Victoria that is Rusinga Island and Mfangano Island. The two islands are the home of the Suba tribe which is a Bantu tribe that came to Kenya from Uganda and got assimilated to the bigger Luo tribe.
Inclusions: Breakfast, Dinner, Breakfast, Breakfast, Lunch, Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch, Lunch, Dinner, Dinner, Breakfast, Lunch, Lunch, Dinner, Lunch, Dinner, Dinner, Breakfast, Lunch, Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Dinner, Breakfast, Dinner, Breakfast, Breakfast, Lunch, Lunch, Lunch, All Fees and Taxes, Transport in a customised safari mini van with open top for game viewing, Bottled mineral water 1ltr per person per day., Optional hike to Gembe Hills
Exclusions: Tips and gratuities for your driver/guide. , Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, Between meal snacks, Any other activity not mentioned in the itinerary, Masai Village visit - US$25, Optional 1hr tea plantation tour $ 20 per person
Reviewed By Chriswild31
Masai Mara is an amazing experience and wish I had stayed a little longer. Lake Nakuru is also a wonderous place that needs to be visited. I plan to go again at some point.our guide was Absolutely terrific and we were lucky to be teamed up with some awesome people. I thought I had written this review already but I’m being reminded to do it so it is a little late in but I would tell anyone to just go do it. We could hear Hyena’s laughing at night time from our tent. We visited the Masai village which is an experience and a great insight as to how they live. Oh the tea they make you is very sweet but very very nice. It says we visited July but would allow me put the Jan ‘19 in it.
3. Private Full-Day Tour of Kisumu City with Lunch
The city of Kisumu formally ports Florence. This city is found on the bank of Lake Victoria, which is the second freshwater lake in the world. This means that the city of Kisumu is the capital of freshwater fish, such as the Nile Perch, Tilapia, etc., which is the source of income in the lake region. It is also the largest city of one of Kenya's 47 tribes, which is also the tribe, where the father of former United States President Barack Obama.
Inclusions: All Fees and Taxes, Safari minivan with a pop-up roof, Hot lunch, 1 liter per person, Kisumu Museum entrance ticket, Kisumu Impala Sanctuary entrance ticket
Exclusions: Soft drinks, Tips and gratuities for your driver/guide, Alcoholic Beverages
Reviewed By Chriswild31
Masai Mara is an amazing experience and wish I had stayed a little longer. Lake Nakuru is also a wonderous place that needs to be visited. I plan to go again at some point.our guide was Absolutely terrific and we were lucky to be teamed up with some awesome people. I thought I had written this review already but I’m being reminded to do it so it is a little late in but I would tell anyone to just go do it. We could hear Hyena’s laughing at night time from our tent. We visited the Masai village which is an experience and a great insight as to how they live. Oh the tea they make you is very sweet but very very nice. It says we visited July but would allow me put the Jan ‘19 in it.
4. 9-Day Tour of Luo Kenya Cultural Safaris and Heritages
The tour starts from Nairobi the Capital City with its beautiful environs, through Great Rift Valley which is one of the seven wonders of the world reaching Kericho County to amaze at the green tea plantation. Then to Kisumu city found on the Lake Victoria banks through to Kit Mikayi the legendary stone of the Luo tribe crossing over to Mbita point through Lake Victoria which is the second fresh water lake in the world. You will visit the Lake Islands like Rusinga, Takawiri and Mafangano with their mythological connotations. You will visit the walls of Thimlich, Sugar plantation in Awendo before driving to Maasai Mara game reserve in search of the plain game and the big five. You will also have an opportuinity to visit the Mara river - the gateway of the annual migration of wildebeests
Inclusions: Dinner, Breakfast, Lunch, Lunch, Dinner, Dinner, Lunch, Breakfast, Lunch, Lunch, Dinner, Dinner, Dinner, Dinner, Breakfast, Breakfast, Breakfast, Breakfast, Lunch, Breakfast, Lunch, Lunch, Lunch, Dinner, Breakfast, All Fees and Taxes, Transport in a customized Safari minivan with pop up roof for game viewing, Bottled mineral water 1ltr per person per day.
Exclusions: Tips and gratuities for your driver/guide. , Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, Between meal snacks, Any other activity not mentioned in the itinerary
Reviewed By Chriswild31
Masai Mara is an amazing experience and wish I had stayed a little longer. Lake Nakuru is also a wonderous place that needs to be visited. I plan to go again at some point.our guide was Absolutely terrific and we were lucky to be teamed up with some awesome people. I thought I had written this review already but I’m being reminded to do it so it is a little late in but I would tell anyone to just go do it. We could hear Hyena’s laughing at night time from our tent. We visited the Masai village which is an experience and a great insight as to how they live. Oh the tea they make you is very sweet but very very nice. It says we visited July but would allow me put the Jan ‘19 in it.
5. Private Half-Day Tour to Kit Mikayi from Kisumu
On this short tour, learn more about the legendary story behind the famous Rock known as Kit Mikayi which in Luo dialect means “the stone of the first wife” The story being- long time ago, there was an old man who was in great love with the stone. He waked up in the morning and walked into the cave inside the stone and stay there the whole day, and this forced his wife to bring him breakfast and lunch every day. The love was passionate to the extent that when people asked the wife his whereabouts, she could answer that he was with his first wife (Mikayi) hence the stone of the first wife (Kit Mikayi).
Inclusions: Bottled water, Transportation
Exclusions: Meals and drinks, Gratuities
Reviewed By Chriswild31
Masai Mara is an amazing experience and wish I had stayed a little longer. Lake Nakuru is also a wonderous place that needs to be visited. I plan to go again at some point.our guide was Absolutely terrific and we were lucky to be teamed up with some awesome people. I thought I had written this review already but I’m being reminded to do it so it is a little late in but I would tell anyone to just go do it. We could hear Hyena’s laughing at night time from our tent. We visited the Masai village which is an experience and a great insight as to how they live. Oh the tea they make you is very sweet but very very nice. It says we visited July but would allow me put the Jan ‘19 in it.
