Eldoret
Eldoret is a city in the Rift Valley region of Kenya.
Eldoret is a city in the Rift Valley region of Kenya. It serves as the capital of Uasin Gishu County. Located in western Kenya and lying south of the Cherang'any Hills, the local elevation varies from about 2,100 metres (6,900 ft) at the Eldoret International Airport to more than 2,700 metres (8,900 ft) in nearby areas.
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Worth seeing in and around Eldoret
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Roman Catholic Diocese of Eldoret
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Eldoret ) is a diocese located in the city of Eldoret in the ecclesiastical province of Kisumu in Kenya.
500 m · diocese of the Catholic Church · Wikipedia - 02University of Eldoret
University of Eldoret is one of the 22 public universities in Kenya and situated approximately 9 km along the Eldoret-Ziwa road in Eldoret town, Uasin Gishu County. It was founded in 1946 by the white settlers as a Large Scale Farmers Training Centre.
7.4 km · public university in Kenya · Wikipedia - 03Rift Valley Technical Training Institute
Rift Valley Technical Training institute is a public technical training institute located in the highland city of Eldoret, Kenya. It is one of the Technical Training Institutes in Kenya.
2.7 km · technical training institute in Kenya · Wikipedia - 04Kipchoge Keino Stadium
Kipchoge Keino Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Eldoret, Kenya. It is named after the athlete Kipchoge Keino.
1.1 km · stadium in Africa · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Eldoret Nature & Culture Centre
If you get all the way to Kenya and time or money are keeping you from a safari, take heart, you can always go here.
- 02Chepkiit Waterfalls
Waterfall where elderly individuals of Nandi community sometimes leapt to their deaths in a practice known as Sheu Morobi.
From Wikivoyage: Eldoret, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Where to eat
KFC, Rupas mall. 8am-8pm.
From Wikivoyage: Eldoret, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Eldoret
- Airports
- Eldoret (EDL), 13 km · Kisumu (KIS), 91 km · Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), 274 km
- Kisumu → Eldoret89 km · quickest by road, 2h 25m · KSh560–750
- Nairobi → Eldoret264 km · quickest by road, 5h 23m · KSh1,450–1,930
- Mombasa → Eldoret705 km · quickest by air, 6h 36m · KSh9,120–14,150
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Eldoret
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Eldoret. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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