--- title: "Nairobi to Nyeri – 2 ways by car, taxi | Mixroutes" description: "Nairobi to Nyeri is 97 km. Fastest: undefined in 0 min. Cheapest: undefined from –. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/nairobi-to-nyeri" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/nairobi-to-nyeri.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Nairobi to Nyeri [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Nairobi&to=Nyeri) [Nyeri to Nairobi](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/nyeri-to-nairobi) **Fastest:** –\ \ **Cheapest:** –\ \ **Distance:** 97 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 0\ 2 ways, Wed 28 Oct\ ## 2 ways to travel 97 km apart. Times are the timetables for Wed 28 Oct, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. best KSh5,100 cheaper than a cab and about as quick. - [**Drive** best 2h 20m KSh710–950 Estimated **Check before you go** · Kenya 152 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Nairobi&to=Nyeri) - [**Taxi** 2h 20m KSh4,740–7,100 Estimated **Check before you go** · Kenya one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Nairobi&to=Nyeri) Data: [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Before you go Borders, permits, official travel advice and disaster alerts for the places on this route, as their sources publish them. Entry rules are shown for a passport from Kenya; the planner lets you pick yours. - **Reconsider travel to Kenya** [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.ken.html) [UK](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/kenya/warnings-and-insurance) Travel advice: UK FCDO (Open Government Licence v3.0), US State Department. ## Departures today Timetable data via Transitous and the operators' own GTFS feeds. Live delays arrive when an operator publishes a real-time feed. ## Questions people ask How long does it take to get from Nairobi to Nyeri? The fastest way is by car: about 2h 20m door to door. The straight-line distance is 97 km. What is the cheapest way from Nairobi to Nyeri? Drive is the cheapest, from KSh710. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. How far is Nyeri from Nairobi by road? About 152 km, roughly 2h 20m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around KSh710–950; tolls and parking are extra. ## In Nyeri Town in Nyeri County, Kenya 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. [The Nyeri guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/nyeri) Worth your time - Baden-Powell The graves of Baden-Powell and his wife, Olave, are in Nyeri, near Mount Kenya. - Wajee Nature Park A bird conservancy and nature park in Mukuruwe-ini, central Kenya. From Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA) [Hotels in Nyeri Compare prices on Hotels70](https://www.hotels70.com) ## More routes - [Kochi to Bengaluru](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-bengaluru) - [Kochi to Chennai](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-chennai) - [Kochi to Thiruvananthapuram](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-thiruvananthapuram) - [Kochi to Munnar](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-munnar) - [Kochi to Alappuzha](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-alappuzha) - [Kochi to Kozhikode](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-kozhikode) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/nairobi-to-nyeri, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt