Town in Kakamega County, Kenya
Kakamega
Kakamega is a town in western Kenya lying about 30 km north of the Equator.
It is the headquarters of Kakamega County that has a population of 1,867,579. The town has an urban population of 107,227.
Get in
Getting to Kakamega
Kisumu Airport, 50 km away, is the most convenient. It has flights from the capital Nairobi and Mombasa.
- 01Bus
See
Worth seeing
The city has no classic tourist attractions, but offers small-town African life and bustling activity in the streets and small shops.
Eat
Where to eat
- 01Franky Grill
Off Kakamega-Mumias Road, mobile phone), reservation@frankahotel.com.
How locals move
Getting around Kakamega the local way
- Get aroundAs is the case everywhere in Kenya, motorbike taxis and tuk-tuks are the cheapest and fastest means of transport.
From Wikivoyage: Kakamega, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.
Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Charles J. Sharp (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.