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Tinganga

Kiambu County, Kenya · Africa

About Tinganga

Tinganga is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Kiambu, 22km from Carnivore Restaurant.

Tinganga is in Kiambu County, Kenya, with about 6,100 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Kiambu, about 5 km away.

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Within an hour or so of Tinganga: Carnivore Restaurant (22 km).

Where is Tinganga?

Tinganga is in Kiambu County, Kenya, about 5 km from Kiambu.

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Quick Information

Population
6,059
Continent
Africa
Country
Kenya
Region
Kiambu County
Timezone
Africa/Nairobi
Coordinates
-1.1303, 36.8136

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 Tinganga

1 notable place 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.

22 km · about 25 min drive

When to drive here

Year-round

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

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