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Kawaida

Kiambu County, Kenya · Africa

About Kawaida

Kawaida is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Ikinu, 56km from Hell's Gate National Park.

Kawaida is in Kiambu County, Kenya, with about 14,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Ikinu, about 6 km away.

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What is there to see near Kawaida?

Within an hour or so of Kawaida: Carnivore Restaurant (21 km), Hell's Gate National Park (56 km).

Where is Kawaida?

Kawaida is in Kiambu County, Kenya, about 6 km from Ikinu.

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Quick Information

Population
14,038
Continent
Africa
Country
Kenya
Region
Kiambu County
Timezone
Africa/Nairobi
Coordinates
-1.1464, 36.7598

Emergency & Services

Essential numbers in Kenya

Police
999
Ambulance
999
Fire
999
All emergencies
112
Driving side
left
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Worth the detour from Kawaida

2 notable places within an hour's drive.

restaurant

Carnivore Restaurant

An open-air Nairobi institution founded in 1980, where meat is carved from Maasai swords onto cast-iron plates until you lower the paper flag on your table. Long a first or last night ritual for Kenyan safari trips.

21 km · about 25 min drive

national park

Hell's Gate National Park

A Rift Valley park you can drive, cycle or walk through unescorted, past the Fischer's Tower volcanic plug and down into the steam-vented Ol Njorowa Gorge. Named for a narrow cliff break that once drained a prehistoric lake.

56 km · about 65 min drive

When to drive here

Year-round

Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.

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