Homa Hills: Mount Homa or “Homa Hills” is a mountain located in Homabay County, Western Kenya. It forms a broad peninsula on the southern shore of Winam Gulf, an extension of Lake Victoria, which defines Homabay and the mountaintop. In the local Luo language its called “Got Uma” or “Got Marahuma” meaning “famous mountain”. The mountain is formed of carbonatite lava and dates from Miocene to Pleistocene. Along with the active Ol Doinyo Lengai, it is one of the very few carbonatite volcanoes in the world.
Kanjera Hotsprings: The Homa Hills hot springs are so hot that they say you can boil an egg here in less than 15 minutes. The waters are hot and salty and the evaporation leaves behind salt scums, called bala in Luo language. These are used by the locals as salt for their livestock. They are quite popular with livestock farmers and are usually transported over vast distances and sold to livestock farmers across former Nyanza and Western provinces.
Kanjera Pre-Historic Sites: The site of Kanjera occurs on the Homa Peninsula of western Kenya. It’s located in the beautiful rural countryside, surrounded by eroded volcanic edifices, on the southern shore of the Winam Gulf of Lake Victoria. This is the same area that Dr Louis Leakey recovered cranial and funeral fragments of the hominids in 1932. These were estimated to be 500 years old. Excavations by a Smithsonian – National Museums of Kenya team began in 1987, and have continued under the leadership of Dr. Tom Plummer, who is now chairman of the Anthropology Department at Queens.
On this tour, you will visit the Kanjera Pre-Historic Site and Hot Springs, and the Homa Hills.
Inclusions
- Transport to Homa Hills Hot Spring. This tour originates from Homabay.
- Tour Guide
- A bottle of water
Exclusions
- Transport to and from Homabay
- Lunch
Price
- Kenyan Local Tourist Kshs 1300
- International Tourist Kshs 5500