Nyeri
Nyeri is a town situated in the Central Highlands of Kenya, at an average elevation of about 1,750 to 1,812 metres above sea level.
Nyeri is a town situated in the Central Highlands of Kenya, at an average elevation of about 1,750 to 1,812 metres above sea level. It is the headquarters of Nyeri County and was the central administrative headquarters of the country's former Central Province. The town is situated about 150 km north of Nairobi, in the country's densely populated and fertile Central Highlands. The town lies between the eastern base of the Nyandarua (Aberdare) Range, which forms part of the eastern side of the Great Rift Valley, and the western slopes of Mount Kenya.
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Worth seeing in and around Nyeri
4 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.
- 01Nyeri Museum
The Nyeri Museum is a history museum located in Nyeri, Kenya. The museum is dedicated to the history of Kenya and the Kikuyu culture.
3 km · history museum in Nyeri, Kenya · Wikipedia - 02Dedan Kimathi University of Technology
Dedan Kimathi University of Technology is a public university in Nyeri, Kenya.
2.7 km · public university in Kenya · Wikipedia - 03Nyeri High School
Nyeri High School, also known as Nyeri High, is a boys' boarding school situated in Nyeri, Kenya near Mathari Consolata Mission Hospital, which provides secondary education as stipulated by the 8-4-4 Curriculum. Despite being acknowledged as an academic giant in the region, the school has also gained notoriety for student unrest, culminating in the deaths of four school prefects in a fire caused by student arson and was followed a few years later by a student strike that led to an official government inquiry into the school's management.
3.4 km · building in Kenya · Wikipedia - 04Outspan Hotel
The Outspan Hotel, located in Nyeri, Kenya, was developed from an old farm by Eric Sherbrooke Walker during the 1920s. In 1928, Walker opened the Outspan Hotel on 28 hectares of Crown Land in Nyeri, overlooking the gorge of a river in the Aberdare Range.
1 km · building in Kenya · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Baden-Powell
The graves of Baden-Powell and his wife, Olave, are in Nyeri, near Mount Kenya.
- 02Wajee Nature Park
A bird conservancy and nature park in Mukuruwe-ini, central Kenya.
- 03Baden Powell Museum
- 04Nyeri Museum
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Where to eat
Sullivan Cafe, off Gakere Road (near Maru B Court hotel). 7am-8pm. great value for money. breakfast. low price. Raybells Cafe, Kimathi Way. Sells pizza. low price.
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Getting to Nyeri
- Airports
- Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), 100 km · Eldoret (EDL), 211 km · Kisumu (KIS), 250 km
- Stations
- Nyeri Airport, 5.9 km
- Nairobi → Nyeri97 km · quickest by road, 2h 20m · KSh710–950
- Eldoret → Nyeri214 km · quickest by road, 5h 16m · KSh1,480–1,980
- Kisumu → Nyeri246 km · quickest by road, 5h 51m · KSh1,600–2,130
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- Get inMany buses and matatus go from Nyahururu 102 km (2 hours) Nanyuki 60 km (1½ hours) 14 seat minivan ksh300.
- Get inThika 113 km (2 hours) Embu 75 km (1½ hours) Nairobi 155 km (3 hours) ksh400 on an 11 seat minivan.
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