Kibera
Kibera is a division and neighbourhood of Nairobi, Kenya, 6.6 kilometres (4.1 mi) from the city centre.
Kibera is a division and neighbourhood of Nairobi, Kenya, 6.6 kilometres (4.1 mi) from the city centre. Kibera is the largest and most studied slum in Nairobi, and also the largest urban slum in all of Africa. The 2009 Kenya Population and Housing Census reports Kibera's population as 170,070, contrary to previous estimates of one or two million people. Other sources suggest the total Kibera population may be 500,000 to well over 1,000,000 depending on which slums are included in defining Kibera.
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Worth seeing in and around Kibera
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.
- 01Britam Tower
The Britam Tower is a commercial building in Nairobi owned by British-American Investments Company. The skyscraper, the tallest building in Kenya, rises 200 metres above ground, with 32 usable floors.
3.8 km · building in Kenya · Wikipedia - 02Strathmore University
Strathmore University is a chartered university based in Nairobi, Kenya.
3.3 km · private university in Kenya · Wikipedia - 03Hekima University College
Hekima College is a Jesuit school of theology in Nairobi, Kenya, affiliated with the Catholic University of Eastern Africa. It opened in 1984 as a seminary for Jesuits studying to be priests.
2 km · Jesuit school of theology in Nairobi, Kenya · Wikipedia - 04Daystar University
Daystar University is a private Christian liberal arts university in Nairobi. Daystar's original campus is close to Nairobi city centre, but there was no room to expand at that location.
3 km · university in Kenya · Wikipedia - 05UAP Tower
UAP Old Mutual Tower is a 33-storey office complex in the Upper Hill neighbourhood of Nairobi, the capital and largest city in Kenya. It became the tallest structure in Kenya upon its completion in 2015, surpassing Times Tower which had held that record for 15 years.
3.8 km · building in Kenya · Wikipedia - 06Uhuru Gardens
Uhuru Gardens National Monument and Museum is a commemorative park and museum in the Lang'ata area of Nairobi, Kenya. Spanning approximately 68 acres, it is Kenya's largest urban memorial park.
1.9 km · Commemorative park in Nairobi, Kenya · Wikipedia - 07Talanta Sports Stadium
Raila Odinga International Stadium, also Talanta Sports Stadium or Talanta Sports City, is a sports stadium under construction in the city of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. It is intended to be used during the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations football tournament.
3.9 km · sports stadium in Kenya · Wikipedia - 08Riara University
Riara University is a Private University located along Mbagathi Way in Nairobi, Kenya.
2.6 km · private university in Kenya · Wikipedia - 09Amref International University
Amref International University is located in Nairobi in Kenya.It is run by Amref Health Africa
3 km · private university in Kenya · Wikipedia - 10Kenya Commercial Bank Plaza
Kenya Commercial Bank Plaza is a building in Nairobi, the capital and largest city of Kenya. Construction began in December 2010 and the building was completed in 2015.
3.8 km · building in Nairobi, Kenya · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kibera
- Airports
- Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), 16 km · Kilimanjaro (JRO), 237 km · Eldoret (EDL), 257 km
- Stations
- Wilson Airport, 3.5 km
- Eldoret → Kibera265 km · quickest by road, 5h 28m · KSh1,460–1,940
- Kisumu → Kibera262 km · quickest by air, 4h 5m · KSh6,440–10,010
- Mombasa → Kibera442 km · quickest by air, 4h 31m · KSh7,570–11,760
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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 Kibera
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 Kibera. 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 Kibera
Kibera is 5 km from Nairobi, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Bomas of Kenyatourist village in Langata, Nairobi2.7 km
- Nyayo Highriseneighbourhood in Nairobi, Kenya2.5 km