City Market

Approx. Time: 3 hours
Activity Level: Easy to Moderate

The City Market has a wide selection of crafts as well as a dazzling display of fruits, vegetables and flowers. Kenya crafts are known worldwide particularly the carving of the Akamba and the soapstone carvings, often abstract, of the Gusii. The famous Kenya woven sisal basket, kiondo, has become so popular in the west that some countries, as far away as the Philippines, have begun to copy it. There are scores of sophisticated craft shops where the price is higher than the markets but so also is the quality. African Heritage is the best known of these and has created an international reputation not only for crafts but also for clothing and design.

Courtesy of Kenya Tourism Board

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