Muthaiga
Muthaiga is an affluent neighbourhood in the city of Nairobi.
Muthaiga is an affluent neighbourhood in the city of Nairobi. In 2019, media reports indicated that it was the most affluent and most expensive neighbourhood in the entire country.
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Worth seeing in and around Muthaiga
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.
3.3 km · shopping mall located at Westlands in Nairobi, Kenya · Wikipedia - 03Jamia Mosque
Jamia Mosque, also known as Jamia Masjid, is a Sunni mosque on Banda Street in the Nairobi Central Business District, Kenya. The present mosque was designed by Glasgow-based architect William Landels and constructed between 1925 and 1933 through an extensive community fundraising effort organised by the Anjuman Islamia, also known as the Jamia Mosque Association.
4 km · mosque in Nairobi, Kenya · Wikipedia - 04The 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.
3.7 km · shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya · Wikipedia - 05Jeevanjee Gardens
Jeevanjee Gardens is an open garden in the Central Business District of Nairobi, Kenya. Jeevanjee Gardens was founded by A.M. Jeevanjee, an Asian-born entrepreneur in Kenya.
3.8 km · park in Kenya · Wikipedia - 06Kenya 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.
3.7 km · theatre in Nairobi, Kenya · Wikipedia - 07Khoja Mosque
The Khoja Mosque is a mosque in Nairobi, Kenya. It is located along the River Road and Moi Avenue junction at the edge of central business district.
3.8 km · National Monument of Kenya · Wikipedia - 08McMillan Memorial Library, Nairobi
The McMillan Memorial Library is a public library situated in Nairobi, Kenya. It is the oldest library in Nairobi, and the second oldest in Kenya after the Seif bin Salim Library in Mombasa.
4 km · public library situated in Nairobi, Kenya · Wikipedia - 09Mathari Hospital
Mathari National Teaching and Referral Hospital is the only public psychiatric hospital in Kenya. It has capacity for 700 patients and is located near the slum area of Mathare district of Nairobi.
1.9 km · building in Kenya · Wikipedia - 10Shri 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
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Getting to Muthaiga
- Airports
- Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), 13 km · Kilimanjaro (JRO), 244 km · Eldoret (EDL), 255 km
- Eldoret → Muthaiga128 km · quickest by road, 3h 1m · KSh760–1,010
- Kisumu → Muthaiga102 km · quickest by road, 3h 23m · KSh660–870
- Mombasa → Muthaiga443 km · quickest by air, 4h 25m · KSh7,430–11,530
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No local-transport research exists yet for Muthaiga
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 Muthaiga. 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 Muthaiga
Muthaiga is 4 km from Nairobi, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.