Ruma National Park dubbed the "Last Retreat of the Roan Antelope", is the only terrestrial park in Nyanza Province. The park protects the only indigenous population of rare roan antelopes within Kenya and beyond

The Lambwe valley’s tsetse-fly-ridden bush, protected as Ruma National Park, is one of the few places in Kenya where you can see Jackson’s hartebeest and two extremes of the antelope family: the miniature oribi and the enormous, horse-like roan , which is found only here. Roans are extremely rare, and the best place to see them is among the park’s western grasslands, which are often hit by community fires that spread into the park from the west – they like the fresh grazing on burnt ground. Ruma also has about seventy beautiful Rothschild giraffe which aren’t too hard to see above the tall grass. You’ll have more difficulty spotting the leopards, the park’s only large predator, and you’ll be very lucky to spot is one of Ruma’s twenty prize denizens, the black rhinos.

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Lake simbi is refered to by the locals as Simbi Nyaima meaning the village that sank. Simbi Nyaima is actually a crater lake a few kilometers from the shores of Lake Victoria. The Luo attach great importance to the site because of the legendary story. It is said that the people of Simbi were celebrating their success at the chief's home when an old woman appeared at the scene looking for shelter and food. But the chief threatened to beat her up if she stayed. She was forced to leave and one lady sympathized with her and gave her food and a warm bath. She advised the kind lady to leave the village with all her children and husband.

No sooner had they left than a heavy storm swept the whole village and it sank. The locals believe it happened in the olden days. One more reason you should visit is due to the existence of the flamingoes, it is believed that they were the domestic fowls that the Lady of the Lake (Nyanam) turned into wild birds as the Simbi village was being sunk as punishment for her slighting.

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Rusinga Island is the dream land of ancient history. It is a place with amazing skies and birds which offer you more of the aquatic culture of Lake Victoria. Ruinga is a Bantu word derived from the word Lusinga meaning island. It is an elongation of approximately 16Km from end to end and 5Km at it's widest points. It lies on the Eastern part of Lake Victoria at the mouth of the Winam Gulf.

The Land has the most spectacular birds outlook and it is refered to as the weaver bird country due to the availability of 30 different species of weaverbirds. This species include queles, bishops and widow birds and many more.

This is where the last common ancestor of the great apes, Proconsul Heleloni, was discovered and it is believed to have existed around 27 million years ago. The Island also hosts the Musoleum of the Late Tom Mboya who is one of the most prominent African personalities in Kenya's history. His industrious political career led to his assasination on the 5th of July 1969

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