Kiambu County, Kenya · Africa
Ruiru is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Juja, 27km from Carnivore Restaurant.
Ruiru is in Kiambu County, Kenya, with about 490,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Juja, about 8 km away.
Ruiru is a municipality and sub-county in Kiambu County, Kenya. It sits within the greater Nairobi Metropolitan region. According to the 2019 national population census, Ruiru was the 4th largest urban centre in Kenya by population. The name Ruiru is of the Kikuyu origin and possibly relates to the black cotton soilRead more
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Within an hour or so of Ruiru: Carnivore Restaurant (27 km).
Ruiru is in Kiambu County, Kenya, about 8 km from Juja.
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1 notable place within an hour's drive.
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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.
27 km · about 30 min drive
Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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