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Luxury Safaris From Kisumu

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Luxury Safaris From Kisumu – Known for its spectacular photos of the sunrise and sunset, the lakeside city of Kisumu calls for more than a couple of days during your visitation. From its humid temperate climate to its laid-back city life where its community is well reputed for its warm hospitality, Kisumu offers more than just an urban city.

Kisumu is on the shores of Lake Victoria in Kenya’s Western Tourism Circuit, the city is a destination not only for business travelers but also for luxury tourists who are considering to explore beyond the city’s limits. It is easily accessible by road, the recently revived meter gauge railway and by air through Kisumu International Airport, which is about 10 minutes from Kisumu’s Central Business District.

For those who would like to do a combination of Kenya’s wildlife safari with Gorilla Tracking in Uganda, air travel is possible for your onward travel to Uganda from Maasai Mara to Uganda’s Entebbe International Airport via Kisumu on a daily basis through Air Kenya. Connections to Tanzania, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo can be done by road through the Busia border point between Kenya and Uganda.

Kisumu is beautiful and you will get plenty of breath-taking shots especially if you know where to look. Spectacular photos of the sunset in Kisumu may not be enough to so you need to keep your eyes open for other reason to visit Kisumu.

Why Visit Kisumu

The least-visited lakeshore city of Kisumu is home to rolling tea plantations, lush swamps, and equatorial forests, along with Kenya’s second-highest mountain and the largest freshwater lake in Africa.

However, the ultimate highlight is the Maasai Mara a natural continuation of the famous Serengeti Plains undulating grassland, dramatic escarpments, beautiful acacia forests – and the greatest wildlife show on earth.

Scaling up the heights of Mount Elgon sampling Nile Perch big fishing opportunities, birding the remote islands, or just basking lazily on the mainland beaches of Lake Victoria are among the so many leisure activities to undertake while in Kisumu.

With some of the most breath-taking sunrises and sunsets, Kisumu remains to be one of the best locations in Western Kenya to see some of Kenya’s most sought-after bird species in its forests, swamps, lakes, and rivers, and even in the scattered hills with its neighboring countries. Please, read more on Where to Watch Birds in Western Kenya.

Beyond flora and fauna, it’s in Western Kenya where the 44^th former US president, Barack Obama has his roots in the village of Alego, Kogelo. Well known to be among the most welcoming communities, the culture here isn’t something to be missed.

Bird Watching Safaris in Kisumu

While bird watching tourism is very popular in other parts of Kenya, Kisumu seems to be lugging behind with avian tourism and Kisumu safari companies aren’t keen enough to promote birdwatching in Kisumu in spite of organizations like Nature Kenya and other nature conservation partners who have even offered training courses for the community tour guides at Dunga.

Bird watching on Lake Victoria is a very rewarding experience to birders considering that most of the Lake Victoria biome restricted bird species are found here. With its so many varied habitats. The most notable one being the papyrus swamps along the shores of Lake Victoria. This is home to several birds not easily found anywhere else. Your birding safari in Kisumu and on Lake Victoria will make you to spot some species like the Swamp Flycatcher. Read more on Where to Watch Birds in Kisumu.

Other Notable Birds Include: Papyrus Gonolek, Black-headed Gonolek, Papyrus Canary, Woodland Kingfisher, Slender-billed Weaver, Northern Brown-throated Weaver, Long-toed Lapwing, Double-toothed Barbet, Black-billed Barbet, African Marsh-Harrier, Blue-headed Coucal, Red-chested Sunbird, Purple-banded Sunbird, Eastern Grey Plantain-eater, Rufous-chested Swallow, Beaudouin’s Snake-Eagle, Swamp Flycatcher, Greater Swamp Warbler, White-winged Swamp Warbler, Papyrus Yellow Warbler, Carruther’s Cisticola, Winding Cisticola, Red-faced Cisticola, Water Thick-knee, Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird.

Kisumu City Walking Tours

Oluokos immersive Kisumu City walking tour experience allows you to discover Kisumu city’s little-known sights and sounds. These excursions are guided by our highly knowledgeable local city guides and hosts who are passionate about Kenya’s only lakeside city. The tour offers insights into Kisumu’s humble and beautiful life, cuisine, culture, and rich history.

Our stroll through bustling streets wide and quiet as well as laid back parts of the city will make us appreciate the city’s gains, changes and challenges that will make us have a feeling beyond just the walk.

Our tour will include having some authentic street encounters, sampling local Kisumu cuisine on the streets with the lakeside signature. tasting local street food, giving you a taste of Kisumu’s flavors with a personal touch. This walking tour is suitable to the curious guests who would love to explore Kisumu beyond the vehicle and window dressing.

Kisumu Luxury Safari Booking

Luxury safaris from Kisumu by Oluokos Signature offer access to unique destinations. Our luxury travel options are curated for those who seek for experiences that may not be available to the general guests’ category, such as private island resorts, exclusive cultural events, and behind-the-scenes luxury safari experiences.

In spite of the fact that luxury travel experiences may not be easily affordable, they provide guests with a high level of comfort, personalized attention, and unforgettable experiences that make it well worth the price.

Our Inspirational Luxury Safaris Within and from Kisumu

The Maasai Mara Safari

Encounters with the Maasai, Big Game and the Wilderness Ultimate Signature Luxury Experience

This is one of the best known and most iconic safari destinations in Africa, which offers some of the most stunning scenery and certainly the richest wildlife viewing in Kenya. The Maasai Mara is best known for its annual wildebeest migration that takes place during the June-October dry season. But the area also has a very rich range of resident wildlife and reliably produces great sightings year round. .