Kakamega forest is Kenya's only tropical rainforest and, we were told, used to be much larger than it now is. We visited a government run tourist station and paid for a 2 hour guided tour along the
Mama Mutere trail.
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| Whole forest relative to Mudete |
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| detail showing the Forest Station and Rondo Retreat |
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| Our guide Nancy beside tea plantation bordering the forest |
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| R gazing at... |
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| ...a monkey - we saw many |
The
strangler fig tree grows around its host which eventually gives up the unequal struggle and dies, leaving a chimney within the fig, which our crew climbed up.
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| Atop the observation tower, strictly unsafe to climb |
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| The tower overlooks a clearing north of the station (see map) |
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| one of many |
Having done the forest we checked out nearby
Rondo Retreat hoping to have lunch there, but reckoned it was too expensive. A really nice place though, so very well kept and so very colonial in style.
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| Hot water system at Rondo Retreat |
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