1 Day Non-Residential Kenya Safari at Ruma National Park from Kisumu
Kenya Safari
Come and join Great Horizon Trails for this amazing safari in Kenya with an English-speaking guide or driver and wonderful game drives.
Key information
- Group safari
- Minimum group size: 2 participants
- English speaking guide
- All park fees are included
- Meeting point: Kisumu CBD or your accommodation in Kisumu
- Duration: 10 hours
- Start and end time: 06:00 - 16:00
- Meals: All meals
- Transport: Included
Highlights
- 1 game drive
- Chance to see roan antelopes, black rhinos, leopards, buffaloes, and birds
- Ride in a pop up roof 4X4 safari minivan vehicle
- Visit Ruma National Park
- Lunch and water
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off
- All park fees included
Types
1 activity days in English
Average daily hours of activity: 10
Program
Depart Kisumu at 6:00 a.m. through Kendu Bay and Homabay to Ruma National Park through Kamato Gate to proceed for an extensive game drive. The classic image of East Africa is realized in Ruma National Park, a land of rolling Savannah dotted with picturesque Acacias and backed by dramatic hills. Compact in size, the park is easily traversed by only two major routes and offers a unique mosaic of reverie woodland, golden savannah, and magnificent escarpments.
Well away from the beaten tourist track and relatively infrequently visited, it is also a park that excels in tranquility and the solitary enjoyment of the wilderness. Lunch will be served at a convenient picnic site within the park. Later depart for Kisum after the game drive, or depart for Mbita Point to connect onward ferry through Luanda K’Otieno to Kisumu Via Seme to view the magnificent Kit Mikayi Rock. You arrive at Kisumu in the evening to end your day.
Climate
Long rains fall in April-June and the short rains fall in October-December.
Major attractions
- Roan antelope, which is found nowhere else in the country
- Black rhinos, leopards, buffaloes, hyenas, Rothschild's giraffes, oribis, Jackson and lelwel hartebeests, impalas, bohor reedbucks, serval cats, topis, baboons, vervet monkeys, black rhinos, honey badgers, bush pigs, and many more
- Birds - Over 400 species of birds have been recorded in this park. It is also renowned amongst ornithologists for its rare intra-African migrant, the blue swallow.
Activities
- Game viewing
- Bird watching
- Picnic
- Camping
- Team building
- Meditation
- Sightseeing
- Sundowner
Timing of sessions
- 06:00 - 16:00
Location
The safari will take place in Kenya. Ruma National Park is the only Terrestrial Park in Nyanza Province. It was initially known as the Lambwe Valley Game Reserve in 1966 to protect its indigenous population of rare roan antelopes, which are only found in Ruma. In 1983, it was gazetted and renamed Ruma N. Park. It was renamed “Ruma” upon request of the local community. The area had been so named by one of Kenya’s most powerful wizards, the much-feared Gor Mahia, who lived around the area where the park is located. It is situated in the Lambwe Valley in South Nyanza, close to the shores of Lake Victoria, 10 kilometers east of Lake Victoria and South West of Homa Bay and 425 kilometers west of Nairobi.
Access
Main access is from Kisumu via Homa Bay –via Kisii – 65 kilometers.
- From Kisii via Rongo to Rodi Kopany
- From Kisumu, you can also go via Lwanda K’otieno, take a ferry to Mbita, and then drive 20 kilometers to Nyatoto Gate
Park gates
- Kamato Gate-main gate
- Nyatoto Gate
Food
You will be served one lunch and bottled mineral water included in the price. Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages are at your own expense.
The following meals are included:
- Lunch
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Regular (typically includes meat and fish)
What's included
- Extensive game drives
- Professional English-speaking safari guide or driver
- 1 lunch
- Bottled mineral water provided in the minivan
- Transport in a safari van with an open top
- All applicable game park entrance fees
- Guaranteed departures for 2 or more passengers booking this safari
- Pre-tour itinerary document
What's not included
- Domestic and international airfares
- Departures taxes
- Personal communications charges for telephone calls, faxes, email, etc.
- Tips and gratuities for your driver or guide
- Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages
- Laundry services
- Between-meal snacks, parks, attractions, and events not included in your itinerary
- Professional safari escort
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 14% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.
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