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Kisumu
City in Kisumu County, Kenya

Kisumu

Kisumu is the third-largest city in Kenya located in the Lake Victoria area in the former Nyanza Province.

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It is the second-largest city in the Lake Victoria Basin after Kampala. The city has a population of 438,588 according to the recent 2026 population estimates. The metro region, including Maseno and Ahero, had a population of 6,771 (Maseno) and 11,801 (Ahero) people respectively, totaling to a combined population of 457,160 people, according to the 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census which was conducted by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics.

Get in

Getting to Kisumu

Kisumu International Airport is served by daily flights from Nairobi and Mombasa. Kenya Airways has daily flights to the capital Nairobi,Kenya Airways. The flight lasts about 45 minutes and takes you above lakes Naivasha and Nakuru. Jambojet is a low-cost airline that has flights from Kisumu to Nairobi. The airport is about 3.5 km from the city.

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    Kisumu

    Easy Coach: Buses arrive at United Mall and Bank Road Behide the KPLC office, the ticket office is also located there.

See

Worth seeing

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    Kibuye Market

    This is the second largest open air market in Kenya, and one of the oldest.

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    Kisumu Museum

    Nairobi Rd,.

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    Impala

    Modify latitude Dunga Beach, A simmering fishing village with welcoming residents.

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    Kiboko
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    Kit Mikayi
Do

Things to do

Fishing. Kisumu is a very good starting spot for fishing expeditions on the lake. Golf. There is a golf course in the Nyanza Club, near the lake, close to the airport. The club has a swimming pool and a tennis court. Learn, Ochieng Ave. The national library has books in English, Swahili and Luo. Dunga Papyrus Boardwalk (Boardwalk), 3954 (3 kilometers), owinojera96@gmail.com.

Eat

Where to eat

Aside from the town centre there are a number of places to eat and drink in the evenings in the Kondele region on Kibos Road and on Jomo Kenyatta Highway with guest houses close by. Oriental Restaurant, Al-Imran Plaza (Third floor street side). Chinese cuisine. Kisumu Yacht Club (in the Dunga neighborhood, between the impala sanctuary and Kiboko Bay Resort). Local and international cuisine.

How locals move

Getting around Kisumu the local way

  • Get inA few taxis and matatu minibuses do the journey between the airport and the city.
  • Get inIn 2023, a matatu cost about Ksh 100 and a taxi cost Ksh 500-1000.
  • Get inThere are no ferries linking Kisumu with other cities on Lake Victoria.
  • Get inThere are also minivans from Kisii, Kericho, and Eldoret.
  • Get aroundYou can use the notorious boda boda (bicycle taxi), pikipiki (motorcycle taxis), matatus, buses, or you can rent a car.

From Wikivoyage: Kisumu, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-05.

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