Mahindi
Mahindi means maize.
Its huge maize harvests make it "Kenya's breadbasket".
Trans-Nzoia is a fertile plateau between Mount Elgon and the Cherangani Hills. The Luhya and Kalenjin are the largest groups, and Kitale is the farming and trading hub.
Its huge maize harvests make it "Kenya's breadbasket". It also protects rare wetland and montane ecosystems.
Large-scale maize farming dominates, with beans, wheat, tea, coffee and potatoes.
Kenya's smallest national park, home to the rare sitatunga and De Brazza's monkey.
Highland forest and moorland on an ancient volcano.
Where elephants have mined salt from the walls for centuries.
The highest point on Elgon's Kenyan side, at 4,155 m.
A lookout over escarpments and gorges.
About a century old, with traditional homesteads and a nature trail.
Communities with a historic home in Trans-Nzoia. Today people from every part of Kenya live and work here.
Trans-Nzoia blends Luhya, Kalenjin and other traditions. Ugali with sukuma wiki and nyama choma are everyday favourites.
December to March and June to August for Mount Elgon.
Trans-Nzoia and its neighbours. Tap a county or a place to read about it.
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December to March and June to August for Mount Elgon.
Its huge maize harvests make it "Kenya's breadbasket". It also protects rare wetland and montane ecosystems.
Trans-Nzoia is a fertile plateau between Mount Elgon and the Cherangani Hills. The Luhya and Kalenjin are the largest groups, and Kitale is the farming and trading hub. The county capital is Kitale, and the 2019 census counted 990,341 people across about 2,470 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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