Masaita Forest
Forest Reserves in Kericho
Masaita Forest Station: Kenya Forest College
At Masaita, 4 kms from the B1 Kericho-Kisumu Road en route Londiani, stand in the rural monastic setting enclosed by pretty hills the Masaita Forest Station, and home to the Kenya Forestry College. The place is conducive for study and research, and with the beautiful mountainous scenery rather pleasant for site-seeing, camping, mountaineering, bird-watching and other game and general recreation in a cool forest biome. Masaita Forest Station is part of West Mau Forest Complex with an area of 41 km2, and its forest block was formally part of the Londiani Forest which was gazetted as National Forest Reserves in 1962.
In 1972, the Masaita Forest Block was handed over to the Kenya Forest College (KFC) so as to be under one administration. Today, it’s used for technical training of Forest Managers and for testing of new forest practices for the benefit of Kenya Forest Service (KFS) and Kenya Forestry College (KFC) itself. The stocked sections of the Masaita Forest comprises substantially of Cypress, Pine and Eucalyptus as major commercial planting tree species that constitute 82%. It is a major source of Kipchorian River and its tributaries. Masaita Forest also is home to fine flora and fauna. It harbours Colobus monkeys, rare moths, wild hare, some species of antelope, wild pigs, porcupine, ant-bears, squirrel and bushbucks, among more.
Kenya’s vast forest reserves are of immeasurable importance in biodiversity conservation, water regulation, and carbon storage. Collectively, these forests, natural and exotic, cover 2008 km2 or about 3.4% of Kenya’s land surface area, and 15% of the most fertile land. They also provide important recreational and ecotourism opportunities for visitors to enjoy Kenya’s natural beauty and wildlife.
Index of National Forests & Forests Reserves in Kenya
Baringo County - Tugen Hills Forest , Lembus Forest , Koibatek Forest , Bomet County - Chepalungu Forest , Trans Mara Forest , South Western Mau Forest Reserve , Bungoma County - Chepkitale Forest , Busia County - Budalang'i Forest , Elgeyo Marakwet County - Bugar Forest , Kessup Forest , Embobut Forest , Cherangani Hills Forest Reserve , Embu County - Njukiri Forest , Murinduko Hill Forest , Kirimiri Forest , Kiangombe Forest , Irangi Forest , Homa Bay County - Gwassi Hills Forest , The Kodera Forest , Kakamega County - Kakamega Forest Reserve , Kisere Forest , Malava Forest , Kericho County - Mau Forest Complex , Masaita Forest , Kiambu County - Kinale Forest, Kereita Forest, Kilifi County - Arabuko Sokoke Forest Reserve , Mwangea Hill Forest , Dakatcha Woodland , Kirinyaga County - Murinduko Forest , Njukiini Forest , Kisii County - The Nyangweta Forest , Kitui County - Mumoni Hill Forest Reserve , Muvaroa Hill Forest Reserve , Laikipia County - Marmanet Forest Reserve, Mukogodo Forest, Lamu County - Witu Forest , The Dodori Forest, Boni-Lungi Forest, Machakos County - Iveti Forest Reserve , Makueni County - Kibwezi Forest Station , Marsabit County - Marsabit National Reserve, The Turbi Forest, Meru County - Giitune Sacred Forest , Mucheene Forest , Mpogoro Forest , Ngaya Forest , Nyambane Hill Forest , Ngare Ndare Forest , Muranga County - Aberdare Forest Station , Nairobi County - Ngong Forest, The Karura Forest, Nandi County - South Nandi Forest , North Nandi Forest , North Tinderet Reserve , Nyandarua County - Nyandarua Forest , Dundori Forest , Samburu County - Kirisia Forest , Taita Taveta County - Ngangao Forest , Vuria Hill, Fururu Forest, Tharaka Nithi Forest - Chuka Forest Station , Vihiga County - Nganyi Forest, Kaimosi Forest , The Kibiri Forest , West Pokot County - Kamatira Forest
Located in southwestern part of Kenya within the former Rift Valley Province, Kericho County, a healthful highland, has innumerable picture-postcard tea-farm vistas. Kericho County is famous for its vast tea plantations. It is all around a tea-riffic countryside clutching traditions and culture with one hand and a forward-looking yen on the other. It is home to large forests, historic sites and resorts, too.
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35 Destinations in Kericho County , arranged as one would visit these - east, north, south then west - with aid of narratives, images, strip maps and distance chart:
Mau Forest Reserve , Chereres Waterfalls , A.I.C Kericho , Chesumot Estate , Chagaik Arboretum , Chesumot Dam, Kimugu River Lodge , James Finlays Tea Factory , Dimbolil Dam , The Sacred Heart Cathedral , A.C.K Kericho , Kericho Golf Club , Gurdwara Sahib , Kericho Wagon Works , Kericho Tea Hotel , Chebown Sanctuary , Chelimo Arboretum , Tagabi Monkey Sanctuary , Changoi Tea Estate , Chebulu Conservancy , The Kiptui Falls, Kapkatet Kipsigis Cultural Museum , The Tulwap-Kipsigis Hill , Londiani-Koru-Awasi Route , Londiani Dam , Masaita Forest Station , KFC Hospitality Centre , Londiani Falls , Kimasian Railway Bridge , Kiminket Garden, Kipkelion Monastery , The Van Wicker's Cave , Fort Tenan Pre-Historic Site , Tinderet Mountain , Ole Soi Resort , Bagao Caves
Know More About Kericho County: Its Geography, Land-Use, Highlights, Population, Roads - including a distance chart, Airports, Climate & National Monuments
What’s The Air Like In Kericho?
The annual mean temperature ranges between 29 o C and 10 o C. The central part of the county, where tea is grown, receives the highest rainfall.
What’s The Lay Of The Land In C.35?
Kericho has an undulating topography, with the overall slope of the land being to the west – forming a hilly shelf between the Mau Hills and the lowlands of Kisumu.
