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Eldoret
City in Kenya

Eldoret

Eldoret is a city in the Rift Valley region of Kenya.

Plan a trip to Eldoret→From Kisumu

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.

Get in

Getting to Eldoret

Eldoret is 323 km from Nairobi, 114 km from Kisumu, and 126 km from Nakuru. From Eldoret to the Uganda border at Malaba is 127 km. Easy Coach has buses to Nairobi. There are also bus lines which go from Eldoret to Kampala, Uganda. There are matutus, privately owned vehicles frequently mini-buses, to Nakuru, Nyahururu, Kitale, and Kisumu. An 11-seat van from Eldoret to Nairobi costs Ksh 1000 and takes 6 hours.

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    Eldoret
See

Worth seeing

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    Eldoret 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.

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    Chepkiit Waterfalls

    Waterfall where elderly individuals of Nandi community sometimes leapt to their deaths in a practice known as Sheu Morobi.

Eat

Where to eat

KFC, Rupas mall. 8am-8pm.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: MANUEL.KE (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons.