Ndizi
Ndizi means banana.
Nyamira is a productive tea highland and holds sites central to Abagusii origins and resistance to colonial rule.
Nyamira is a compact highland county of tea and banana farms between 1,250 and 2,100 m. Like Kisii, it is home to the Abagusii.
Nyamira is a productive tea highland and holds sites central to Abagusii origins and resistance to colonial rule.
Tea and bananas lead, with coffee, maize and dairy, and estates such as Kipkebe process leaf locally.
An escarpment viewpoint regarded as the Abagusii's ancestral shrine.
A memorial to the Gusii resistance leader killed in 1907.
A waterfall of about 35 m north of Nyamira town.
The source of the Gucha River, good for hikes.
Rolling plantations of the county's leading crop.
One of the region's most scenic drives through tea country.
Communities with a historic home in Nyamira. Today people from every part of Kenya live and work here.
Gusii songs, dances and ceremonies, often led by the obokano lyre, remain central to local life. Obokima with greens and sour milk is the staple.
July to September is the driest spell for walks to waterfalls and ridges.
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July to September is the driest spell for walks to waterfalls and ridges.
Nyamira is a productive tea highland and holds sites central to Abagusii origins and resistance to colonial rule.
Nyamira is a compact highland county of tea and banana farms between 1,250 and 2,100 m. Like Kisii, it is home to the Abagusii. The county capital is Nyamira, and the 2019 census counted 605,576 people across about 913 square kilometres.
JiweKisii CountyKisii soapstone is one of Kenya's best-known craft exports, and the fertile highlands feed the Lake Region.
UkutaMigori CountyMigori holds Thimlich Ohinga, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is Kenya's main southern gateway to Tanzania.
KisiwaHoma Bay CountyHoma Bay protects Kenya's last roan antelope in Ruma National Park and holds world-class fossil and rock-art sites on its islands.
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