Journey
Leave Nyeri for the Marua and Mathira landscape, then continue with local guidance to a gazetted cave site associated with the struggle for independence.
Arrange a knowledgeable local contact before departure; this is a place of memory rather than a casual roadside cave visit.
Travel times vary with traffic, weather, and road conditions.
Typical duration: 45 minutes
Do not enter caves or approach river edges without current local permission and someone who understands the terrain and history.
Do not enter caves or approach river edges without current local permission and someone who understands the terrain and history.
Further viewing
Featured video
Video by Showtime Media Online
Showtime Media Online visits the Kariba Mau Mau Caves and shows the setting around this historic Nyeri site.
Destination Place
The Journey explains how to reach it. Continue to the Place page for the reason to go, what to expect, local knowledge, photographs, and onward Journeys.
Explore Kariba Mau Mau Caves 1 video available. →