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PRESIDENT OBAMA AFRICA HERITAGE AND CULTURAL TOUR - 4 DAYS

Day 1:Nairobi - Kisumu
Leave Nairobi to Kisumu City by early morning flight to arrive at 8.00 am in time for lunch at this Western Kenya city that lies on the shores of Lake Victoria. Morning tour of Kisumu City including visits to the Museum with its wealth in archeological artifacts, Luanda Magere Shrine with its significant folklore in Luo Mythology, lunch is taken by the lake side and the evening is spent watching the Golden Sunset to the sound of music as you enjoy a drink and dinner at the Sunset Hotel or similar. An option for accommodation in a mid budget hotel is also available.

Day 2:Kisumu - Kogelo (Obama's Home)
After breakfast proceed to Kogelo Village the home to President Obama's Kenyan father which will take you an hour's drive through rural countryside with peasant farmers on small acreage being seen busy tending to their farms and flocks. The Kenyan home of the President of the United State Of America, Barack Hussein Obama is a small rural village that is rich in Luo history and culture. Listen to the history Obama clan and the culture of people of Kogelo. Proceed to other attractions after lunch crossing Lake Victoria by ferry at Luanda K'otieno to Mbita Point where the evening is spent on the grounds of Lake Victoria Safari Village before dinner and overnight at the lakeside hotel.

Day 3 : Mbita Point - Rusinga Island - Mbita Point
Proceed to the shores of Lake Victoria before breakfast to witness the activities of fishermen and lakeside communities as the day's catch of fish is brought in. Return to the hotel for breakfast before driving to Rusinga Island for a morning excursion of this famed Lake Victoria island that is rich in archeological treasures including rock paintings and diggings of Early Man, the Homo Africanus. Rusinga Island is also the home of Tom Joseph Mboya where his mausoleum lies on the family land at Kamasengere Village. Tom, the then powerful Economic and Planning minister in the government of Kenya with the help of J.F Kennedy organized for the University Education Scholarships and Students Airlift through Kennedy's Family Trust of the young bright Kenyans to United States of America. Among the first beneficiaries of this noble project was Barack Hussein Obama Sr who went to University of Hawaii where he met his second wife Ann Dunham the mother of President of the United States of America President Barrack Obama. Lunch is taken on the island and the afternoon is spent listening to folklore, watching traditional dancers or boating. Dinner and overnight at Lake Victoria Safari Village.

ay 4 : Mbita Point - Bar Sauri Millennium Project - Kisumu
Depart Lake Victoria Safari Village after breakfast and proceed by ferry across the lake with its intriguing sights before continuing through rural countryside to Bar Sauri Village passing through Siaya Town en route and visiting the local market to interact with local people selling their wares in this small rural center that also acts as the District headquarters.

Bar Sauri in Yala is one of the best examples of how Millennium Development Goals can be achieved with concerted effort. Over the last few years the income levels of this peasant population has risen five-fold with falling crime levels as people have been taught to utilize their land optimally using the latest technology and with subsidies from the United Nations Millennium Goals Development Project including supply of certified seed and fertilizer. Lunch is taken in Yala after which we continue to Kisumu Airport for our afternoon flight back to Nairobi.

We also offer a Road Safari Option to the above itinerary