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Flat Stanley Goes to Kenya (11): Kakamega Forest

January 2, 2011 By Guy St. Clair

I’m not sure getting lost in Kakamega Forest is quite what Stanley had in mind when he asked if he could come along on our safari, but that’s what happened. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Kakamega Forest is the last remaining vestige of a tropical forest in Kenya, a beautiful 45-sq-km (17-sq-mile)  rainforest full …

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Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Kenya - Kakamega Forest

The Western Kenya Safari (4): Kakamega Forest

May 2, 2010 By Guy St. Clair

The only tropical rainforest in Kenya and the last remnant of the great rainforest that once stretched across all of Central Africa, the Kakamega National Reserve is a very special treat. Just imagining what the great swath of rainforest across the continent must have been like is truly a mind-boggling exercise, and it’s nice to …

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Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Kenya - Kakamega Forest, Kenya-Isiukhu Falls, Kenya-Monkeys, Kenya-Rainforests, Kenya-Snakes

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