Kimbia
Kimbia means run.
Iten holds a World Athletics Heritage Plaque as a global training base.
Elgeyo-Marakwet runs from the Cherangani Hills down the Elgeyo Escarpment, whose cliffs drop up to 1,500 m to the Kerio Valley floor. The Keiyo, Marakwet and Sengwer call it home.
Iten holds a World Athletics Heritage Plaque as a global training base. Its ancient Marakwet irrigation furrows are on UNESCO's Tentative List.
Mixed farming dominates, with small businesses, tourism and fluorspar deposits in the Kerio Valley.
Watch dawn training runs and train with world-class athletes at 2,400 m.
Dramatic views and Kenya's paragliding hub.
Uncrowded savanna with elephants, zebras and giraffes.
An escarpment waterfall said never to run dry.
More than 40 km of clan-managed traditional irrigation channels.
A scenic highland reservoir.
A narrow rock gorge on the Kerio River.
Communities with a historic home in Elgeyo-Marakwet. Today people from every part of Kenya live and work here.
Keiyo and Marakwet weddings and ceremonies feature sukutit drums, lyres and dances. Mursik and roast meat are signature foods.
The highlands are cool all year; drier months make escarpment roads and paragliding sites easier.
Elgeyo-Marakwet and its neighbours. Tap a county or a place to read about it.
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The highlands are cool all year; drier months make escarpment roads and paragliding sites easier.
Iten holds a World Athletics Heritage Plaque as a global training base. Its ancient Marakwet irrigation furrows are on UNESCO's Tentative List.
Elgeyo-Marakwet runs from the Cherangani Hills down the Elgeyo Escarpment, whose cliffs drop up to 1,500 m to the Kerio Valley floor. The Keiyo, Marakwet and Sengwer call it home. The county capital is Iten, and the 2019 census counted 454,480 people across about 3,050 square kilometres.
ShangaSamburu CountySamburu protects northern Kenya's "Special Five" and runs Africa's first community-owned elephant sanctuary. Its strong Maa culture makes it a cultural-tourism leader.
ChemchemiBaringo CountyLake Bogoria is part of the UNESCO-listed Kenya Lake System and hosts vast flamingo flocks. The Tugen Hills hold important fossil sites.
MabingwaUasin Gishu CountyEldoret is famed worldwide as the "Home of Champions" for distance running.
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