Chanzo
Chanzo means the source.
Bomet holds the headwaters of the Mara River, which keeps the Maasai Mara alive.
Bomet is a land of rolling tea hills between the Mau Forest and the Maasai Mara. Most people are Kipsigis, sharing their ancestral homeland with Kericho.
Bomet holds the headwaters of the Mara River, which keeps the Maasai Mara alive. It also launched Kenya's tea tourism experience.
Smallholder tea leads, with dairy, maize, potatoes and horticulture.
Guided forest walks, caves and a riverside spot.
Part of the Mau complex, with forest elephants, bongos and colobus monkeys.
Savannah beside the Mara with traditional Kipsigis music.
A little-known countryside waterfall.
Home of Kenya's bush-to-cup tea tours.
Along the Itare, Nyangores and Amalo rivers.
Communities with a historic home in Bomet. Today people from every part of Kenya live and work here.
Chepalungu is home to many Kalenjin musicians, and traditional instruments include drums, flutes and a lyre. Mursik and finger-millet ugali are everyday favourites.
June to October, when farm roads are drier, paired with a trip into the Mara for the migration.
Bomet and its neighbours. Tap a county or a place to read about it.
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June to October, when farm roads are drier, paired with a trip into the Mara for the migration.
Bomet holds the headwaters of the Mara River, which keeps the Maasai Mara alive. It also launched Kenya's tea tourism experience.
Bomet is a land of rolling tea hills between the Mau Forest and the Maasai Mara. Most people are Kipsigis, sharing their ancestral homeland with Kericho. The county capital is Bomet, and the 2019 census counted 875,689 people across about 1,998 square kilometres.
TemboKajiado CountyAmboseli is one of the world's best places to see free-roaming elephants. Its ecosystem has been a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve since 1991.
NyikaNarok CountyThe Maasai Mara is Kenya's most famous safari destination and the stage for the Great Migration.
ChaiKericho CountyKericho is Kenya's best-known tea region, and tea is one of the country's top exports. The town also has Africa's largest Sikh Gurdwara.
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