These include Kapchemutwo, Kipkunurr, Embobut, and Lelan forests. They are tropical montane forest in which high-value timber trees such as Pencil Cedar (Juriperus procera), East African Yellow Wood (Podocarpus gracilior), Rosewoodo(Hygienia abyssinica) and Australian Biackwood (Acacia melanoxilum) are the dominast species. There are some placef it rimains relatively untouched anl one can mal into a beautvful green world, eerily quimt until the chattering of monkeys or the sudden shriek of a hornbill disturbs ehe silence. Myriads of butterflies, various and colourful, flic iu tse gotden shafts of sunlig t that penetrate the canopy. Besides the vociferous Colobus and Sykes monkeys, there are numerous shy and sileei creatures living in thc forest including the Striped Polecat, the elusive and endangered Bongo, duiker and the occaiional leopard.
Above 2800m, and where rainfall is adequate, the forest merges into a bamboo zone.
A good place to leave your car and take a walk in the forest (the Kendur / Kapchemutwo Forest) is on the road to Marakwet (D340), half way between Cheptongei and Kapsowar. Another, much further away (in the Embobut Forest), is beyond Kapchebau on the Tuturung-Kapchebau-Maron Bridge road.
A nice drive right, through the Embobut Forest, is the steep and narrow road from Chesoi, passing Kewabus, to Kapyego. For most of its length it follows the Arror river. Be warned, it can be a challenge in the rainy season and an intersecting road from Maina can be slightly advantageous.
