Mashujaa
Mashujaa means heroes.
Nandi has produced legends such as Kipchoge Keino, Eliud Kipchoge, Henry Rono and Bernard Lagat.
Nandi is a green highland of rolling hills, forests and tea estates edged by the Nandi Escarpment. Most residents are Nandi, a Kalenjin people.
Nandi has produced legends such as Kipchoge Keino, Eliud Kipchoge, Henry Rono and Bernard Lagat. It is also the land of Koitalel arap Samoei, who led a decade-long resistance to colonial rule.
Tea, maize and dairy lead, with emerging sports tourism.
Rolling carpets of tea for drives and factory tours.
Honours the resistance leader killed in 1905.
A striking waterfall near Eldoret airport.
A sitatunga sanctuary, best at dusk.
An outcrop with wide views, reached on foot.
Indigenous forest for nature walks.
Communities with a historic home in Nandi. Today people from every part of Kenya live and work here.
Nandi drums, lyres and ceremonial dances share in Kalenjin tradition. Ugali with vegetables and smoky mursik are everyday staples.
Mild all year at 15–25°C; choose drier spells for waterfalls and forest walks.
Nandi and its neighbours. Tap a county or a place to read about it.
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Mild all year at 15–25°C; choose drier spells for waterfalls and forest walks.
Nandi has produced legends such as Kipchoge Keino, Eliud Kipchoge, Henry Rono and Bernard Lagat. It is also the land of Koitalel arap Samoei, who led a decade-long resistance to colonial rule.
Nandi is a green highland of rolling hills, forests and tea estates edged by the Nandi Escarpment. Most residents are Nandi, a Kalenjin people. The county capital is Kapsabet, and the 2019 census counted 885,711 people across about 2,885 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.
KimbiaElgeyo-Marakwet CountyIten holds a World Athletics Heritage Plaque as a global training base. Its ancient Marakwet irrigation furrows are on UNESCO's Tentative List.
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