Take a nature walk in Kenya’s secreted charms with unique intimacy! -Kenya safari News

Kakamega Forest Reserve is among the secreted charms of Kenya, with a unique intimacy. The quietness and boredom in the forest is shunned by the sounds that of songs from the forest inhabitants, birds, frogs, and the monkeys. Kakamega forest reserve in Kenya is a place of exceptional beauty that is worth an experience on your Kenya safari. Kakamega forest reserve is believed to be the sole Guinea-Congolian tropical rain forest that is left in Kenya and it is part of the Kakamega forest system. That stretched across the central and eastern Africa.

The forest offers variety of walks, including recommended night walks and sunrise/sunset walks. These are some of the best-value nature walks you’ll find in Kenya, with lots of wildlife to spot. The sheer abundance of birdlife here is overwhelming. This is an important primate reserves, and the forest is full of monkeys of many species. Beautiful Chameleons are often seen in the undergrowth. At night the forest is a different world, the air filled with bats and ringing with the sounds of frogs, night birds and the booming call of the giant forest squirrel.

Despite its easy accessibility, Kakamega is a quiet haven for nature lovers, the perfect place to relax for a few days. The forest has many walking trails, and there are plenty of very good guides available.

Interesting Kenya safari facts about Kakamega Forest

Tourists that undertake an  Africa wildlife safari or Africa safari opt for a in safari Kenya just to visit this forest reserve refereed to as a birder`s paradise. The forest has over 300 species of birds and 400 species of butterflies that tourists are most likely to explore during their forest walks/Nature walks in picnics within Kakamega forest reserve.

Nevertheless, there are also some important species of mammals such as squirrels, Aardvarks, porcupines, bushbucks and huge forest hogs. When you talk of primates in Kenya, then this is where they belong! Once you’re in this forest, then you have a short Kenya wildlife safari to do.

The flora of Kakamega forest reserve it itself impressing, the forest has a fig tree that is said to have lived for over 700 years. It gets its regular water supplies from the remarkable waterfalls. The forest reserve has permanent hiking trails tourists can use while hiking it. While in the forest, the only reward here is with the memorable and distinctive attractions that will leave you dreaming about other Kenya wildlife tours or Kenya safaris.

However, Kakamega forest reserve is regarded as one of the most densely populated forest reserves in the world with the locals using the forest resources and this probably puts the reserve at a risk of extinction. what is still helping is the Kakamega forest reserve covers a wide area approximately 230 sq. km and the truth is that, half of this area is still uninterrupted by human activity!

Various bodies have felt concerned and rose their voices from the Kenya wildlife Services and Kenya Forests Services to see that the reserve is protected. The most challenging now here is that the local people heavily depend on this forest reserve for most of the basic materials.

Am sure your visit to Kakamega Forest Reserve will collapse your memory of thinking to return to Kenya some day.