Stepping into the dense, dark jungle of the Kakamega Forest Reserve is like being transported to the Africa of ancient times. Moving through the thick canopy of this tropical rainforest you’ll be met with the sounds of birdsong, chattering monkeys and croaking frogs. Butterflies fill the air as does a feeling of intimate beauty in this hidden gem of Kenya.
The reserve, the last primeval rainforest in Kenya, is but a small part of a much larger forest system that once stretched across central and East Africa. Over the last centuries, much of that forest was felled and the land used for tea plantations.
But here in the Kakamega you can still experience the abundance of the rich jungle and how it felt to walk these trails hundreds of years ago with their immense trees, spectacular waterfalls, great mamba snakes and giant forest hedgehogs.