Kericho is in Kericho County, on the edge of the Mau Forest within the highlands west of the East African Rift.

Tea fields in Kericho County

Understand

Kericho is known for its vast tea estates.

Climate

Kericho has a warm and temperate climate throughout the year with sunny days preceding rain in the evening and on occasion hail and thunderstorms.

Get in

Kericho is on the B1 Road which connects Nakuru via Mau Summit to Kisumu and Busia on the Kenya-Uganda border.

From Nairobi Easy Coach, ☏ +254 738200316. Ksh 1400. (updated Oct 2018) operates two buses daily to Kericho. Alternative public transport includes 11-seater shuttle vans and informal 7-seater bush taxis which link Kericho to Nairobi, Kisumu and other towns in the region.

Shuttle vans

• Prestige Shuttles. Nairobi to Kericho route. 900 Kes. (updated Nov 2018)
• Mololine Shuttles. (updated Nov 2018)
• North-Rift Shuttles. (updated Nov 2018)

Get around

Kericho town can be covered easily on foot or on bodaboda motorcycle taxis.

See

Guru Nanak Nishkam Sevak Jatha Gurduara (Sikh temple)

• Tea estates. Guided tours can be arranged directly with the factories.
• Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha, ☏ +254 721 297135, +254 733525770, info@gnnsjkenya.org. The largest Sikh place of worship in Africa (updated Nov 2016)
• 1 Sacred Heart Cathedral. This is the second largest Catholic Church in Kenya. (updated Nov 2016)
• 2 Chagaik Arboretum (3 km from Brooke Center on the B1 Busia Road.). A restful garden surrounded by trees within the tea plantations leading down to a small dam. (updated Nov 2016)
• 3 Unilever Arboretum (On the outskirts of Kericho town on C23 Kericho-Kapsuser Road). (updated Nov 2016)

Do

• Walk around town.
• Swimming pool, Tea Hotel. (updated Jun 2015)
• 1 KNLS Library - Kericho (on Busia Road opposite South Western College (former Mid West Hotel)), ☏ +254 52 30536, knlskericho@knls.ac.ke. 
• 2 Kericho Golf Club, Nairobi Rd, Londiani Kipkelion (from the Hass petrol station on Busia Road take the side road, the club house is the first right turn.), ☏ +254 722110493. Private club with a nine-hole golf course, a bar and limited accommodation facilities. (updated Nov 2016)
• Wessyde Lounge (rooftop on Green Square Mall on Busia Road), ☏ +254 703 100555. Night club open on most days. (updated Nov 2016)

Buy

• 1 Green Square Mall (Green Mall) (on Busia Road across the road from Kericho Police Station). (updated May 2023)
• Quick Mart Supermarket, corner of Kenyatta Road & Temple Road, ☏ +254-5320048. 8AM-9PM. (updated May 2023)

• Cooperative Bank, Temple Road. 24 hour visa Mastercard ATM. Has a Mastercard/Visa Card ATM. (updated May 2023)
• Naivas Supermarket, Uhuru Road. 8AM-8:30PM. (updated Apr 2023)

Eat

• 1 Kimugu River Lodge (on the side road opposite Shell petrol station on Busia Road), ☏ +254 733 504942, +254 720 861079. The menu here is mainly Punjabi Indian and there is a good is a good view of the Kimugu River. (updated Nov 2016)

Drink

• Drink tea.

Sleep

• 1 Ivys Inn and Guesthouse (formerly Teavale Cottages) (from Kericho Toyota take the side road down, the gate is right at the intersection), ☏ +254 711860777, info@ivys.co.ke. Clean rooms, food is available on order and wifi is available. (updated Nov 2016)
• 2 Rays Place (from Nairobi direction, it is 500 m before Brooke Center with a sign board indicating the turn off), ☏ +254 710407933. The gardens at the back open up to a great view of the surrounding tea estates. (updated Nov 2016)
• Saramek Villa Inn, Kunyak B1, ☏ +254 795508898, info@saramekltd.co.ke. Bar and restaurant available. (updated Nov 2016)
• Saiga Lodge, John Kerich Road (two minutes walk from the Matatu Station), ☏ +254 518011711. The small entrance from the street opens into a surprisingly large courtyard. Has clean rooms with mosquito nets and okay bathrooms. 
• Rex Lodge, Temple Road, ☏ +254 36131323. Single/double rooms. (updated Jun 2015)
• Kericho Garden Lodge, Moi Highway, ☏ +254 36120878. Camping/single/double rooms. (updated Jun 2015)
• New Sunshine Hotel, Tengecha Road, ☏ +254 721700358, info@sunshinehotel.co.ke. Clean single/double rooms. Hot water. It has a restaurant. (updated Oct 2018)
• Mwalimu Lodge, Moi Highway, ☏ +254 722733663. Has 36 single/double rooms with own bathroom. (updated Jun 2018)
• Simmass Hotel, Temple Road.. Single/double rooms with own bathroom. (updated Sep 2018)
• Lenox Hotel, Temple Road. Check-in: noon, check-out: noon. Double room with own bathroom. 2500. (updated Apr 2018)

Connect

There is a "Cyber" (Internet Cafe) next to Saigo Lodge, and some more Cybers all over town.

Go next

• Kisumu
• Nakuru

Kericho County