Nanyuki
Coordinates: 0 ° 1 ′ 0 ″ N , 37 ° 4 ′ 0 ″ E
Nanyuki is the capital of Laikipia County in Kenya . It has an estimated 50,000 inhabitants and is located at an altitude of 1986 meters at the foot of Mount Kenya on the equator . Nanyuki was founded in 1907 by British settlers and has been the main base of the Kenyan Air Force since 1974 .
tourism
Nanyuki is a possible starting point for Mount Kenya ascent and cross-mountain tours as guided hut hikes. Nanyuki offers a safari park, "Sweetwater Game Reserve", which can be entered with your own car or rental car. The park shows many African wild animals roaming free.
sons and daughters of the town
- Meja Mwangi (* 1948), writer
Web links
Commons : Nanyuki - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mongabay.com - 2006 estimate 37,000 inhabitants
- ↑ Data on Nanyuki from Falling Rain Genomics (English)
- ↑ http://www.mod.go.ke/airforce/index.php?page_link=history