5 Highlights About Western Kenya – At Oluokos Signature, we believe in taking the roads less traveled. Our journeys are carefully crafted to take you through unique experiences.

We give you the opportunity to meet new people, learn about new cultures and leave positive footprints while doing so. With Oluokos Signature, it is not just about your destination, but about your path, what you do, and who meet during your journey. It is about your truly positive impact.

Western Kenya, well dubbed that the concept of the safari holiday experience started in Kenya. This could be true remembering that even the word ‘safari’ itself even stems from the Swahili dialect for ‘journey’. With all these in mind, Kenya safari holidays are no traditional journeys, with wildlife roaming its open plains of grasslands, scale up the majestic snow-capped mountains, indulge yourself in nature contrasts with absolute luxury and adventure combines all too well with a relaxing stay in the beach, wilderness or with a host community.

The least-visited Western Kenya is home to rolling tea plantations, lush swamps, and equatorial forests, along with Kenya’s second-highest mountain and the largest lake in Africa. However, the ultimate highlight is the Masai Mara a natural continuation of the famous Serengeti Plains undulating grassland, dramatic escarpments, beautiful acacia forests – and the greatest wildlife show on earth.

Exploring and appreciating Western Kenya beyond the well-defined wildlife boundaries of the Masai Mara wouldn’t only show you what Western Kenya has to offer but also the diversity of this iconic destination.

The least-visited Western Kenya is home to rolling tea plantations, lush swamps, and equatorial forests, along with Kenya’s second-highest mountain and the largest lake in Africa.

However, the ultimate highlight is the Masai Mara a natural continuation of the famous Serengeti Plains undulating grassland, dramatic escarpments, beautiful acacia forests – and the greatest wildlife show on earth.

Scaling up the heights of Mount Elgon sampling Nile Perch big fishing opportunities, birding the remote islands, or just basking lazily on the mainland beaches of Lake Victoria are among the so many leisure activities to undertake while in Western Kenya.

With some of the most breath-taking sunrises and sunsets, Western Kenya remains to be one of the best locations in Kenya to see some of Kenya’s most sought-after bird species in its forests, swamps, lakes, and rivers, and even in the scattered hills with its neighboring countries. Beyond flora and fauna, it’s in Western Kenya where the 44th former US president, Barack Obama has his roots in the village of Alego, Kogelo. Well known to be among the most welcoming communities, the culture here isn’t something to be missed. Welcome to Western Kenya!

Exploring and appreciating Western Kenya beyond the well-defined wildlife boundaries of the Masai Mara wouldn’t only show you what Western Kenya has to offer but also the diversity of this iconic destination.

There is so much to this side of the country than the plains of herbivores and carnivores or the popular coastal beaches. From the dense forests of Kakamega that are buzzing with unique and endemic creatures to the rain-soaked green hills of Kericho and their verdant tea lawns to the golden-hued waters of Lake Victoria, the attraction here heralds a new chapter of experiences.

From Kenya’s only equatorial rainforest of the Kakamega, we descend to the warmer altitudes of Kenya’s only lakeside city of Kisumu and drive around the world’s second-largest freshwater body, Lake Victoria. This marks our epical beginning as we stretch our drive through the tea belt of Kisii highlands to the vast plains of the Masai Mara where the big five, the big seven, and the small nine aren’t our only target, so much more… This is Western Kenya, where impossibilities are possible! For Western Kenya trip ideas, please visit