The Lake side city of Kisumu is home to a number of tourist attractions and this tours takes you to the primary sites in the city. These are short trips from Kisumu city to various touristic sites within Kisumu city council. These include the cultural centers like the Museum and the Kit Mikaye, The Leisure Boat trips from Yacht Club, Kiboko Bay Beach Resort or Dunga Beach to Ndere Island and around the Gulf. The Kisumu Municipal Market and the Bus Park, Bicycle, Scooter and Motorcycle rides around Kisumu city, not to mention the Visits to Impala Park and the Hippo point.
Kisumu City Walking Tours - 3 Hrs
Highlights: This is a guided walking tour of the central business district of Kisumu city from your hotel or residence in Kisumu city. After the tour, you will walk back to your hotel or residence.
Itinerary:
A guided walking excursion in Kisumu City is quite adventurous, you will be able to mix up with the natives and chat with the residents. From your hotel, you will be able to walk to the Kisumu City Council hall, Kenyatta sports ground, the Walter Edwin Owen park, the Kisumu Municipal Market, the Kisumu City Center, the pier (the ship docking bay), the Kisumu railway station, the Kisumu Museum, the Impala Park, the Yacht club, the Kiboko Bay Tented Beach Resort, the Dunga beach and the children’s' orphanage.
(This tour can be tailor made depending on the interests and strengths of the clients in walking.)
Kisumu Museum Tour - 2 Hrs
Highlights: This is a guided tour of the Kisumu Museum from your hotel or residence in Kisumu to the famous Kisumu museum. After the tour, you will be dropped back to your hotel or residence.
Itinerary:
The Kisumu Museum has a variety of interesting animal exhibits, including a stuffed lion pouncing on an equally stuffed Wildebeest. There are ethnographic exhibits and a display of musical instruments. The Kisumu Museum is considered by many to be one of Kenya’s finest collections, exhibiting displays on wildlife as well as native Luo culture.
The Impala Park Tour - 2 Hrs
Highlights: This is a guided tour of the Impala Park from your hotel or residence in Kisumu to the famous Impala Park. After the tour, you will be dropped back to your hotel or residence.
Itinerary:
Impala Park is a game sanctuary and animal orphanage and home to the rare Sitatunga antelope. The Kisumu Impala Wildlife Sanctuary was opened in 1992 with the intention of protecting a herd of impala and serve as a safe grazing ground for hippopotamus from the lakes. Spread over an area of less than 1sq km, this wildlife sanctuary acts a holding point for problem animals like baboons, hyenas and leopards. You will be able to see these animals within a close range.
Kiboko Bay Beach Resort Tour - 2 Hrs
Highlights: This is a guided tour of the Kiboko Bay Beach Resort from your hotel or residence in Kisumu to the famous Kiboko bay; the only tented camp within Kisumu city. After the tour, you will be dropped back to your hotel or residence.
Itinerary:
Kiboko Bay Beach resort is a beach resort formerly known as Dunga Refreshments. It has since changed its name to Kiboko Bay Tented Resort. It has five lodges and a view point for the hippos, a restaurant and a boat excursion point with Luxurious boats. It is a good recreation center for families and visitors wishing to have a close encounter with Lake Victoria Hippos during the day if you are lucky.
The Kisumu Municipal Market and Kisumu Bus Park Tour - 1 Hr
Highlights: This is a guided tour of the Kisumu Municipal Market which incorporates the Fish market and the adjacent bus park from your hotel or residence in Kisumu. After the tour, you will be dropped back to your hotel or residence.
Itinerary:
The Kisumu municipal Market was established in 1935. It is a farmers' market, with over 300 stalls stocking all sorts of items including Turkana baskets, pots, fruits, cereals and the famous fish market adjacent to it. It borders the Kisumu Bus Park which is a transport hub for all travelers from the surrounding towns and villages. A visit to Kisumu city is not complete until you set your foot into this market. Adjacent to it is the curio bandas where you can buy the Kisii soap stones and other artifacts.
Kisumu Bicycle Tour - 3 Hrs
Highlights: This is a guided Bicycle tour of the Kisumu Central Business district and its surrounding areas from your hotel or residence in Kisumu city. After the tour, you will ride back to your hotel or residence. You can opt to ride by yourself or be carried on a bicycle.
Itinerary:
This is a tour of Kisumu City on a bicycle; you can opt to ride a bicycle on your own or be carried on the famous Boda Boda-cyclists. The tour will start from your hotel in Kisumu to the various sites which include the city center, the lake shore food bandas and the lake shore car wash area. Then to the pier (the ships docking bay),the Kisumu railway station, the Impala Wildlife Sanctuary, the Kiboko Bay Tented Beach Resort to see the hippos, the Dunga beach, then back via Outering Road to Nairobi road, the Kisumu stadium, Joy land School for the physically disabled, through to Manyatta Estate with its congested population up to Kondele, then to Nyanza General Hospital, Kibuye Market, the City main bus stand, Kisumu Municipal Market, the Kenyatta Sports Ground, the Walter Edwin Owen Park, the Kisumu City Hall and then back to your hotel.
Kit Mikaye Tour – 3 Hours
This tour takes you to the famous Kit Mikaye Rocks in Seme in Kisumu Rural. Located off Kisumu Bondo Road towards Bondo, Kit Mikaye is said to be the rock where Mikaye (which means, literally, "the first wife"), the mother of the Luo tribe, sheltered herself after a long journey down the Nile. The massive columns of Kit Mikaye in Seme are towers of boulders piled together into gravity defying columns. According to legend, this was once the homestead of a powerful man who used to abuse and mistreats his first wife. The woman returned to haunt him after her death, eventually turning him and his property into stones. Religious groups, the sick and those who want solace after a misfortune visit the rocks hoping that their prayers will be answered. It is said the woman went up the rock where she has been weeping ever since.There are many spectacular rock formations which abound with myths and mythologies in western circuit.
Boating Excursion inside Lake Victoria - 3 Hrs
This is an excursion which takes you inside the Lake Victoria on a leisure boat. You will board the boat at Kiboko bay beach resort or Dunga Beach ,then ride around the gulf to Hippo Point, the car wash area, Tilapia beach, then to Kisumu beach resort, proceed along the shores of lake Victoria to Ndere island National park in lake Victoria, see the wildlife then ride back to Kiboko bay beach resort for lunch. With arrangement, a picnic lunch would be served in the boat inside the Lake.
Kisumu Short Excursions