Private Historical Kaya Kinondo Sacred Forest Tour with Guide

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2h
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Multiple languages

Overview

Experience the tranquility of a well-preserved sacred forest with cultural, religious significance and once a great home for the local Digo people, a sub-tribe of the Mijikenda people in the heart of Diani Beach -South Coast Kenya .Walk with a guide and Learn 600 years back beliefs, fears and history of the Kaya. Visit the shrines where the local retreated to communicate with their ancestral spirits in the form of prayers and sacrificial offerings and the place used as hide-outs from the enemies pursuing them during the early migration. Enjoy the natural forest embedded with great flora and fauna with many animals and birds to watch.

Activity location

Kaya Kinondo Sacred Forest
- Diani Beach, Kenya

Meeting/Redemption Point

Kaya Kinondo Sacred Forest
- Diani Beach Road
- Kwale County, Kwale County, Kenya

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Private Historical Kaya Kinondo Sacred Forest Tour with Guide in Multilingual

2h
Opening hours: Fri 8:30 am-3:00 pm
English

Travellers

Languages available

Price details

AU$60.06 x 1 AdultAU$60.06

Total

What's included, what's not

Guided Village tour with local
Brief information on local heritage and the forest tour
Guided forest tour with an experience of forest flora & fauna
local culture and traditional systems in the sacred forest
Hotel pickup and drop-off in a car

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Public transport options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Not recommended for travellers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for pregnant travellers
Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Kaya Kinondo Sacred Forest

20m

Once you arrive at the Kaya Kindondo Forest. You will receive a briefing about the Kaya. You will get a traditional wrap that is a must for you to wrap around when you are inside the Kaya. Your guide will explain to you the significance of the forest to the local people.

Kaya Kinondo Sacred Forest

1h
Admission ticket included

You will then head to the forest. Experience a Guided forest walk (presentation on forest flora and fauna, local cultural and sacred activities around the forest). You will see and get an in-depth explanation of unique trees only found in the forest with significant local meaning and usage. It is a very relaxing experience. Here you will discover the old Digo settlement - This is where the local community first settled before they dispersed. The Main Shrine: This one is only accessed by the elders. Visitors and any other person who is not an elder can not visit but you will be told about it.

Kaya Kinondo Sacred Forest

40m
Admission ticket included

Drive for about for 5 minutes to visit the Digo community for a guided village tour (experience the local life style and experience traditional ways of livelihoods).

Location

Activity location

Kaya Kinondo Sacred Forest
- Diani Beach, Kenya

Meeting/Redemption Point

Kaya Kinondo Sacred Forest
- Diani Beach Road
- Kwale County, Kwale County, Kenya

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