Gigiri
Gigiri is a residential estate in Nairobi.
Gigiri is a residential estate in Nairobi. It is home to Kenya's large expatriate community. It is one of the largest expat communities in Africa.
Gigiri hosts:United Nations Office at Nairobi making Nairobi the only African city to host several UN bodies i.e.
United Nations Human Settlements Programme
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Worth seeing in and around Gigiri
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01University of Nairobi
The University of Nairobi is a collegiate research university based in Nairobi and is the largest university in Kenya. Although its history as an educational institution dates back to 1956, it did not become an independent university until 1970.
3.8 km · public university in Kenya · Wikipedia - 02Westgate
Westgate Shopping Mall is an upscale shopping mall located in the Westlands division of Nairobi, Kenya. It was first opened in 2007.
800 m · shopping mall located at Westlands in Nairobi, Kenya · Wikipedia - 03State House
The State House is the official residence and workplace of the president of Kenya. It was the prime minister's residence from independence until 12 December 1964 when Kenya became a republic.
3.6 km · building in Kenya · Wikipedia - 04Kenya National Theatre
Kenya National Theatre is part of the Kenya Cultural Centre, a Semi Autonomous Government Agency under the Ministry of State for National Heritage and Culture in Kenya. It is mandated to offer space for the rehearsal and staging of productions to both local and international repertoire.
3.6 km · theatre in Nairobi, Kenya · Wikipedia - 05The Village Market
The Village Market is a large shopping, recreation and entertainment complex in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. It accommodates over 150 stores outlets covering 210,000 square feet of retail space, 20,000 square feet square feet of office space, in addition to recreation and entertainment facilities.
2.4 km · shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya · Wikipedia - 06Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Nairobi
The oldest Swaminarayan Organisation in Kenya, founded in Nairobi in 1932, as East Africa Satsang Mandal, to serve as a meeting point for all Swaminarayan Devotees in the Region. The East Africa Swaminarayan Satsang Temple, Nairobi was built in 1945.
2.7 km · Hindu temple in Nairobi, Kenya · Wikipedia - 07Aga Khan Sports Club Ground
The Aga Khan Sports Club Ground is a cricket ground in Nairobi, Kenya. The ground is used by Aga Khan Sports Club cricket team.
2.9 km · cricket ground in Nairobi, Kenya · Wikipedia - 08Sarit Centre
Sarit is a shopping centre in the Westlands neighbourhood of Nairobi, Kenya. Opened in 1983, it is first ever shopping centre to be launched in independent Kenya.
1.2 km · A shopping mall at Nairobi in Kenya. · Wikipedia - 09Nairobi GTC Office Tower
The Global Trade Centre Office Tower is the tallest of the towers at the Global Trade Centre in Nairobi owned by Nairobi GTC Industry Ltd. The skyscraper, rises 184 metres above ground, with 42 floors.
2.5 km · building in Nairobi · Wikipedia - 10Inoorero University
The International University of Professional Studies, formerly known as Inoorero University, was a university located in Nairobi in Kenya. It was formerly a middle-level college.
3.1 km · university in Nairobi, Kenya · Wikipedia
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Getting to Gigiri
- Airports
- Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), 16 km · Kilimanjaro (JRO), 244 km · Eldoret (EDL), 253 km
- Eldoret → Gigiri259 km · quickest by road, 5h 24m · KSh1,440–1,920
- Kisumu → Gigiri260 km · quickest by air, 4h 8m · KSh6,510–10,100
- Mombasa → Gigiri446 km · quickest by air, 4h 34m · KSh7,640–11,850
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Gigiri
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Gigiri. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inMatatus (11- to 18-seater minibuses) and shuttles (6-seater cars) are convenient, inexpensive (and often the only) modes of public transport for connecting Nairobi with towns and tourist destinations in the Rift Valley and Central Highlands such as Naivasha, Nyeri, Nanyuki, Isiolo, and Thika.
- Get inMatatus can be obtained from the River Road area.
- Get inExtreme caution should be exercised in this area because petty theft is a major concern; avoid showing valuables such as mobile phones, even while in the matatu (see safety section below).
- Get inThe best method of connecting to a matatu is to arrange for a taxi to drop you off and pick you up directly at the location of the matatu that you are boarding or alighting from.
- Get inIf you're boarding a matatu from Nairobi, tell the taxi driver your destination and they will drop you off at the correct location.
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Next door to Gigiri
Gigiri is 4 km from Nairobi, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Westlandsaffluent neighbourhood and administrative division in Nairobi, Kenya2.5 km
- Parklandssuburb of Nairobi, Kenya2.5 km
- Muthaiganeighborhood in Nairobi, Kenya3.5 km
- Spring Valley, Nairobiresidential suburb in Nairobi2.2 km
- Kileleshwaresidential neighbourhood in Nairobi3.1 km