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# 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.

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## Every way there

- Nairobi → Nyeri 97 km · quickest by road, 2h 20m · KSh710–950 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/nairobi-to-nyeri) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Nairobi&to=Nyeri)
- Eldoret → Nyeri 214 km · quickest by road, 5h 16m · KSh1,480–1,980 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/eldoret-to-nyeri) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Eldoret&to=Nyeri)
- Kisumu → Nyeri 246 km · quickest by road, 5h 51m · KSh1,600–2,130 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kisumu-to-nyeri) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Kisumu&to=Nyeri)

Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

The field note

What is in and around Nyeri, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What Nyeri has

- Y Scheduled flights Nairobi (NBO), 100 km
- N Trains and coaches no timetable feed known for this country
- N Ferries no crossing within 25 km
- Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
- N Bike and scooter share no share feed known
- N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Karuri, 41 km.

-0.417°, 36.950°

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.

Get in

## Getting to Nyeri

Many buses and matatus go from Nyahururu 102 km (2 hours) Nanyuki 60 km (1½ hours) 14 seat minivan ksh300. Thika 113 km (2 hours) Embu 75 km (1½ hours) Nairobi 155 km (3 hours) ksh400 on an 11 seat minivan. The railway line between Nairobi and Nanyuki has been rehabilitated and 2x weekly passenger trains have return. However, travelling by train is still slower compared to taking the bus.

1. Kiganjo

See

## Worth seeing

1. Baden-Powell The graves of Baden-Powell and his wife, Olave, are in Nyeri, near Mount Kenya.
2. Wajee Nature Park A bird conservancy and nature park in Mukuruwe-ini, central Kenya.
3. Baden Powell Museum
4. Nyeri Museum

Eat

## 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.

How locals move

## Getting around Nyeri the local way

- Get in Many buses and matatus go from Nyahururu 102 km (2 hours) Nanyuki 60 km (1½ hours) 14 seat minivan ksh300.
- Get in Thika 113 km (2 hours) Embu 75 km (1½ hours) Nairobi 155 km (3 hours) ksh400 on an 11 seat minivan.

From [Wikivoyage: Nyeri](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Nyeri), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyeri) and [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Nyeri), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Ninara (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.


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