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Unique first date ideas in Bungoma county for adventurous types all for under Ksh 1500 ($15). These date ideas are perfect for hikers, bikers and lovers of kienyeji chicken done as only a Luhya can.
With just about ksh 2500, you and your date get to enjoy Bungoma as the locals do – travelling by boda boda to sight see, and enjoying the very best of kienyeji chicken done as honest to the local cuisine as can be.
First date ideas in Bungoma: A visit to Nabuyole falls
To get to Nabuyole falls, find your way to Webuye Town. Ride a boda boda to St. Mathew ACK Primary School Webuye and hike up the hill along the dirt road that passes by. That’s if If you have the heart and your date is the sporty, outdoor type.
It’s a 11.4 km 2 hour steep hike through Tachoni land, up and round a section of Chetambe hills. Ridding up the terrain with a mountain bike should more than cover for the days you missed out on legwork at the gym.
If you chose to take the hike, you’d wish to find better facilities when you get to Nabuyole falls. I mean, the nature is majestic as River Nzoia flows over a cliff, but the under investment in facilities for visitors is disappointing.
More so given that the Chetambe hills potential as a tourism site. These hills that to the East shadow Webuye Town were named after Chetambe Ifile the Tachoni freedom fighter who lead the Bukusu during the battle of Chetambe in the 1890’s.
If you chose to take a boda to Nabuyole falls, Broderick Falls as the colonialists called them, it should cost you between Ksh 150 and 250 one way. Keep in mind that you may l have to release the boda boda rider when you get there.
Alternatively, negotiate upfront for waiting charges. In case you decide to release your rider, to find your way back you might have to chance for one to drop another patron and then hail it to town.
To get to appreciate the full force of River Nzoia as it drops over the cliff, time your visit anytime from April to August during the long rains.
Walk in the footsteps of sikele sya mulia in Sangalo
The footprints of a man in Samulia village, East Bukusu, Bungoma County on a rock in the vicinity of Sangalo hills reserve. There’s an embedded footprint of boy from the Balunda clan who legend has his name as Mulia (Mulya). This herds boy was a Harry Porter type of character with light feet, and capable of magic.
To get there, get to Musikoma junction at the start of the Musikoma-Kanduyi dual carriage way. Take a boda. Alternatively, if you are driving down, ask for directions from the locals to sikele sya mulia.
First date ideas in Bungoma: Mwiyala wa mango in Malakisi
This historic and culturally significant site close to the border town of Malakisi, is said to be the origin of the Bukusu traditional circumcision. A man who had lived most of his life ordinary, exhibited great courage in his old age to kill a monstrous snake, Yabebe, that had terrorized his kith and kin.
In reward, for his bravery, the hero underwent circumcision as a mark of his lion heart. Who did the circumcision is a matter on conjecture. That said, most accounts point to a people who were already circumcising thought to be modern Kalenjin, Masaai or Babukusu themselves.
Munyu khwa lukhaye chicken at Mama Sarah
Administratively, the notoriously infamous Mama Sarah’s is in Kakamega County. But the soul of the highway stopover famous for it’s simplicity and heavenly kienyeji chicken is very much rooted in the people of Bungoma.
Mama Sarah is the perfect spot for lunch on coming down from an excursion to Nabuyole Falls. Their infamous chicken rumored to be made using munyu kwa lukhaye is the perfect nourishment.
