Port Victoria Forest Station covers 601.6 hectares. The forest stations comprises four hills covering 35.35 km circumference. The Forest surrounds Kenya’s famed Yale Swamp, home to rare sitatunga antelope that is under threat because of human activity. The largest wetland in the Horn of Africa country with an area of 175 kilometers, is not only a natural filter for the waters that go into the River Nile from Lake Victoria but also home to several species of flora and fauna.