A look at tourism in relation to lands for sale Kakamega

Kakamega is situated in the Kakamega County which is in the western part of the Country. It's a formerly the headquarters of the now defunct Western province. The area is primarily well known for its farming activities but recently, tourism has steadily grown as an economic powerhouse in lands for sale Kakamega. The tourism industry in the area recently emerged as among the list of the major contributors of the region’s gross domestic income, alongside other vital sectors like the real estate, fishing and of course the predominant agricultural sector.

Kakamega takes pride the legendary Kakamega forest which offers unique wildlife and scenic beauty. This is a suitable choice for tourists who're into bird and butterfly watching. This is because of the various bird and butterfly species which the forest provides (300 and 400) species respectively. In addition, the forest has 27 species of snake, in excess of 350 species of trees and seven primate species including Debrazza monkey, white and black colobus monkey and vervet monkey.

There exists the Kakamega national reserve which is situated in the Lake Victoria basin. Moreover it has a large number of rare species of wildlife as well as a great scenic beauty. The Kakamega national park offers another tourist spot site within the area. The crying stone of llesi is another significant feature which will strike you in this region. It's a stone resembling a human being, forever in tears from top to bottom. The parable surrounding this peculiar stone amongst the locals only adds flavor to its existence. This certainly is one feature that you cannot afford to keep away from while visiting this interesting region of lands for sale Kakamega.

The tourism sector in the region is about to obtain a great impetus due to the formation of Kakamega Forest Ecosystem Tourism Association (KAFETA) which is a culmination of efforts by Nature Kenya to bring together the stakeholders so that they can market the region as an ecotourism destination. The body seeks to diversify tourism within Kakamega forest and western Kenya overall. Its main functions include but are not limited to the following:

Protection of environment

Income generation

Promotion of tourism activities

Marketing of sustainable tourism activities

Preserve and conserve the natural and cultural heritage of the Kakamega forest ecosystem

Promoting domestic tourism

These activities are set to ensure the tourism sector in the region grow by a big margin as it is set to provide the sector the much needed impetus to further steer its growth. Thus the County is set to generate more income. With each of these in the right position, Kakamega is about to become a major economic hub in western Kenya and even in the entire Country as a whole.

Any keen reader would have noted that all these tourism activities will most probably have built a dire need for major hotels to be constructed in the region geared towards accommodating the increasing range of tourists in the region, which certainly is still set to rise with time.