5 Sights & Landmarks in Kisumu That You Shouldn't Miss

November 7, 2021 Roseanne Arnett

Kisumu, officially known as Kisumu City (and formerly Port Florence), is a Kenyan inland port city on Lake Victoria and the capital city of Kisumu County, Kenya. At an elevation of 1,131 m (3,711 ft), the city-county has a population of 968,879, while the metropolitan region comprising the city and its suburbs and satellite towns of Maseno, Kondele and Ahero was estimated at over 1 million in early 2017. It is the third largest city in Kenya after the capital, Nairobi, and the coastal city of Mombasa. Kisumu is the principal city of western Kenya, the immediate former capital of Nyanza Province, the headquarters of Kisumu County and the proposed headquarters of the Lake Region Economic Block, which is a conglomeration of 13 counties in Western Kenya. It is the largest city in western Kenya and the second most important city after Kampala in the greater Lake Victoria basin.
Restaurants in Kisumu

1. Equator Sign

Kisumu Kenya
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5.0 based on 5 reviews

Equator Sign

2. Thimlich Ohinga

Kisumu 00200 Kenya +254 721 308485 http://www.museums.or.ke/thimlich-ohinga/
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4.5 based on 15 reviews

Thimlich Ohinga

3. St. Theresa Cathedral

Kisumu 40100 Kenya
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4.5 based on 6 reviews

St. Theresa Cathedral

4. Kit Mikayi

Near Kisumu-Bondo Road, Kisumu 40100 Kenya http://softkenya.com/kenya/kit-mikayi
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4.5 based on 28 reviews

Kit Mikayi

Reviewed By GreatHorizonTrails - Nairobi, Kenya

drive over to Kenya’s most dramatic archaeological site, a vast granite rock tower called Kit Mikayi. Kit Mikayi is situated in Kisumu district, Maseno division, East – Seme – location, Kit – Mikayi sub-location, Kangeso village, Kadol clan. The rock which is about 70 to 80 ft tall is located 30 km far east of Kisumu city and 1 km from Kisumu Bondo road. We will see the signboard that is on the gate of Kit Mikayi, and then we'll enter the N’gop-Ngeso primary school.

5. Songhor Pre-Historic Site

Kisumu Kenya http://www.museums.or.ke/content/blogcategory/52/80/

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