Kericho Tea Country
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Kenya Rift Valley 1 tour

Kericho Tea Country

Rolling green tea fields of western Kenya — home to the world's finest black tea.

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Country

Kenya

Region

Rift Valley

Best time

Year-round (dry July–March)

About Kericho Tea Country

Kericho sits at 2,100m on the western Rift escarpment. Its tea estates (some over a century old) produce the world's finest CTC black tea. Walk between emerald tea bushes, visit a tea factory, and learn the craft from pickers who harvest by hand.

Highlights

  • Tea-picking walks with staff
  • Tea factory tours
  • Colonial-era tea hotels
  • Kipchoge Keino stadium

Best time to visit

Year-round (dry July–March)

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