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Nyeri is in Southern Rift Valley.

Understand

Get in

Many buses and matatus go from

  • Nyahururu 102 km (2 hours)
  • Nanyuki 60 km (1½ hours) 14 seat minivan ksh200.
  • Thika 113 km (2 hours)
  • Embu 75 km (1½ hours)
  • Nairobi 155 km (3 hours) ksh400 on a 11 seat minivan.

Get around

See

  • 1 Baden-Powell grave. The graves of Baden-Powell and his wife, Olave, are in Nyeri, near Mount Kenya. Lord Baden-Powell was buried in 1941 in St. Peter's Cemetery in the Wajee Nature Park. His gravestone bears a circle with a dot in the center, which is the trail sign for "Going home", or "I have gone home." Kenya has declared Baden-Powell's grave a national monument.
  • 2 Wajee Nature Park. A bird conservancy and nature park in Mukuruwe-ini, central Kenya.
  • Barden Powell Museum (1 km west of town in the grounds of the Outspan Hotel). open on request. Ksh 250.

Do

Buy

  • Naivas Department store & Supermarket, Gakere Road. 6:45AM-8:30PM. biggest department store and supermarket in Nyeri. Has their own restaurant. low price.
  • Equity Bank. 24-hour ATM. Has a Master Card/Visa Card ATM no fee atm for overseas cards..
  • Mathai Supermarket, Gakere road. 7AM-9PM.
  • Ecobank, Gakere Road.. 24-hour ATM. Has a no fee Master Card/Visa Card ATM.
  • Samrat Supermarket, Gakere Road. 8am-08.30pm. large supermarket with lower prices. lower prices.

Eat

  • Rayjos Cafe, Kimathi Way. low price.
  • Raybells Cafe, Kimathi Way. Sells pizza. low price.

Drink

Sleep

  • Nyeri Star Board & Lodging, Gakere Rd, +254 61 2031083. Single/double rooms with own bathroom. from Ksh 700.
  • Thingira Guest House, off Kenyatta Rd, +254 61 171-4769. Single/double room with own bathroom. Ksh 1200.
  • Tickles Hotel, Gakere Rd. Check-in: 11AM, check-out: 9AM. Single/double room with own bathroom and TV. from Ksh 1500.
  • Maru B Count Hotel, Gakere Road. Check-in: 11AM, check-out: 10AM. clean single room with own hot water bathroom. TV. Free soap. from Ksh 1000.
  • Ibis Hotel, Kanisa Road, +254 61 2034858. Check-in: noon, check-out: noon. Single/double rooms with own bathroom. Ksh from 1400.
  • Iperial Guest House, Kimathi Way. single double rooms with own bathroom. all rooms have a tv. free breakfast. from Ksh1300.
  • Mountain Palce Hotel, Gakere Road (off Kimathi Way). 35 single double rooms with own bathroom. hot water. free wifi. free breakfast. from Ksh1400.

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