Attractions

Eleven reasons to stay another night.

The escarpment is the starting point for most of this. Some of it is an hour on foot; some is a morning's drive and worth every kilometre.

Paragliding

One of the great launch sites in Africa.

The escarpment produces reliable thermals almost every afternoon, and pilots come from across the continent for them. The launch is minutes from the lodge; the landing is a very long way down.

Not a pilot? Tandem flights can be arranged with visiting operators in season. Watching from the terrace is free and nearly as good.

Paraglider over the Kerio Valley
Running

The red roads that made Iten famous.

Out of the gate, turn either way, and you are on the same murram that has produced more world and Olympic medallists than most nations manage. Thin air, soft ground, and company at six in the morning whether you asked for it or not.

The lodge is used to runners: early breakfasts, late laundry, and a gym for the days the legs say no.

The gym
Training at altitude near Iten
Mountain biking

Down is easy. Getting back is the ride.

The descent into the valley is a long, fast, dusty pleasure. The climb out is roughly a thousand metres of honest work, which is why most people arrange a lift back up and do the good bit twice.

Routes range from an easy hour on the ridge to a full day dropping to the valley floor and back.

The road down into the Kerio Valley
And the rest

Everything else within reach.

Hiking trails on the escarpment
Hiking Trails along the ridge, down through the forest, and to viewpoints most visitors never find. Guides available at reception.
A bird over the flowering trees on the lodge grounds
Birding Raptors ride the same thermals as the paragliders. Below them, the valley holds species you will not see in the highlands.
The valley in changing light
Photography First light and last light do completely different things to the escarpment. Both are worth setting an alarm for.
Towards Rimoi National Reserve
Rimoi National Reserve On the valley floor, an hour and a half down. Elephant, and the strange experience of being hot again after a cool night up top.
Towards Lake Baringo
Lake Baringo A long but rewarding day trip: freshwater lake, hippos, crocodiles, and some of the best birding in Kenya.
Local craft and carving
Local art Carvers, beadworkers and weavers across the county. Some of their work is in the curio shop; the rest is worth the visit.
The paths and gardens at Kerio View Lodge
Local life Iten on a market day is the best hour you will spend here. Ask at reception which day that is this week.
Local food
Local food Ugali, sukuma wiki, mursik and nyama choma - in town where it is made properly, or on our terrace if you would rather not move.
The bar at Kerio View
Doing none of it A chair, the terrace, and a thousand metres of valley. A genuinely popular choice.

One night is not going to be enough.

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