Kerio View Hotel

Kerio View Hotel is located near Iten, at the edge of Kerio Escarpment, with a marvellous view of the Kerio Valley 1000 m below. This quiet and rural area of Kenya is not far from the large town of Eldoret.

Kerio View offers prospects of the Tugen Hills and Tiati, the sacred mountain of the Pokot people. Down in the valley, and central to the panoramic view, is Lake Kamnarok, set in the middle of the Rimoi Game Reserve and fed by the waters of the Kerio River. Rimoi is a new reserve and is particularly noted for its wild buffalo and elephant. Visitors have to be accompanied by a Wildlife Department ranger. There are also crocodiles in the river, but they are very wary and shy of people and not always easy to see. Bird life is abundant. For those interested in plants, there is much to find and see.

Within the grounds of Kerio View itself you are very likely to see rock hyrax, colobus monkeys and a wide variety of birds. The very shy duiker live and breed in the bush thickets; they may occasionally be seen in the car headlights at night, or, very early in the morning, through the one-way glass of your cottage windows. Indeed, early morning is undoubtedly the best time of day at Kerio View. To see the clouds slowly rising from the valley as the sun climbs over the top of the hills and to see beyond those hills the distant tip of Mount Kenya is an experience you will never forget

Accommodation is offered in comfortable double or triple rooms. For young children staying in their parents' rooms, beds and cots can be provided at short notice. Because of its high altitude, Kerio View can be quite cold at night and evening. Overnight visitors are advised to bring an extra sweater. However, the management will always provide a fire in the large fireplace of the main building.

At the on-site bar you can relax and meet other visitors in a friendly and relaxed environment. The barman, Mwangi, can mix you up a new cocktail, alcoholic or non-alcoholic. The restaurant offers table dhte and la carte menus with wide variety of dishes. Where possible, and especially for residential guests, our cooks, Elijah and Simon, are willing to prepare dishes to special order or to special requirements.