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Kikuyu town, Kenya, january 2009. Photo Thuku wa Njuguna
Husband`s hut in Kikuyu village at Bomas of Kenya near Nairobi
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Kikuyu

Kiambu County, Kenya · Africa

About Kikuyu

Kikuyu is worth a stop: 20 minutes from Rironi, 53km from Hell's Gate National Park.

Kikuyu is in Kiambu County, Kenya, with about 320,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Rironi, about 11 km away.

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Within an hour or so of Kikuyu: Carnivore Restaurant (18 km), Hell's Gate National Park (53 km).

Where is Kikuyu?

Kikuyu is in Kiambu County, Kenya, about 11 km from Rironi.

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Quick Information

Population
323,881
Continent
Africa
Country
Kenya
Region
Kiambu County
Timezone
Africa/Nairobi
Coordinates
-1.2463, 36.6629

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 Kikuyu

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.

18 km · about 20 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.

53 km · about 60 min drive

When to drive here

Year-round

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

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