Nanyuki sits on the Equator at the foot of Mount Kenya, where the cultivated central highlands begin to open into Laikipia's broad northern landscape. Use it as a Home Base for the Sirimon approach to Mount Kenya and Point Lenana, nearby forests and wildlife conservancies, and the road north through Isiolo toward Samburu. The town is both a practical place to prepare for those Journeys and a discovery in its own right, shaped by its high elevation, equatorial setting and role as a meeting point between the mountain and the plains.
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Begin with the primary Journey into Nanyuki, then continue toward the Places connected to this Home Base.
Primary Journey · Begin here
The Road to Nanyuki
Nanyuki does not begin when you reach town. The journey starts as Nairobi falls behind and the A2 carries you north through the Central Highlands. Towns give way to farms and broad country. Somewhere beyond Karatina, Mt. Kenya begins to announce itself on the horizon. Continue north through Naro Moru, cross the Equator, and the road finally delivers you to Nanyuki — a highland town beneath Africa’s second-highest mountain and a gateway to the country beyond.
The destinations and discoveries connected to Journeys from this Home Base.
Lewa Wildlife Conservancy
A renowned protected landscape north of Mount Kenya, combining wildlife conservation, community partnerships, and carefully managed visits across open highland country.
Mount Kenya rises above the Central Highlands in a landscape of forest, bamboo, open moorland, rocky valleys, glaciers, and sharply pointed peaks. Batian and Nelion form …
Naro Moru Mau Mau Caves
1 video available.VideoExploring Mau-Mau Cave In Nanyuki | Road Trip | Hiking| Travel | Sylvia And Koree Bichanga
The Bichanga Family
A forest-edge cave site near Naro Moru associated with Kenya's struggle for independence and reached through the Mount Kenya foothills with local guidance.
A community-managed indigenous forest known for its canopy walkway, blue pools, waterfalls, wildlife corridor, and guided exploration below Mount Kenya.
Nanyuki to Naro Moru Mau Mau Caves
1 video available.VideoExploring Mau-Mau Cave In Nanyuki | Road Trip | Hiking| Travel | Sylvia And Koree Bichanga
The Bichanga Family
Travel south from Nanyuki to Naro Moru, then continue toward a guided forest approach to a cave site connected with Kenya's independence struggle.
Nanyuki to Ol Jogi Wildlife Conservancy
1 video available.VideoOl Jogi Conservancy Wild Life Rescue Centre [WRC] Home To The Only Bear In Africa.
Neshiro Meegesh
An advance-arranged road Journey from Nanyuki to Ol Jogi's private Laikipia conservation landscape; there is no public drop-in entry.
An Equator town between Mount Kenya and Laikipia, serving as a practical gateway to Ol Pejeta and several northern conservancy landscapes.
Nanyuki connects conservation destinations with a real highland town, long-distance roads, farming, military history, and the route north toward Isiolo and Samburu.
Existing measured Across routes branch from Nanyuki to Ol Pejeta, Lewa, Ngare Ndare, Ol Jogi, and other places; this starter Safari view follows the published Ol Pejeta context.
