Menengai Forest, Nakuru

Name: Menengai Forest
Address: Nakuru, Kenya

#4 among attractions in Nakuru

Nature, Natural attraction, Forest

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Menengai Forest is an urban forest situated within the town of Nakuru in Kenya. The Menengai Crater is within the forest. It was gazetted as a forest in the 1930s. It is surrounded by residential areas of Milimani Estate in the South, Ngachura and Bahati in the East, Solai in the North and Olo-Rongai in the West. Various Government of Kenya facilities have been hived off from the forest; these include the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation and the Nakuru G.K Prison. There is also a geothermal exploration project by the Geothermal Development Company inside the Menengai Crater floor. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 0°15'0"S, 36°4'60"E

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Menengai Forest – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hyrax Hill Prehistoric Site and Museum, Menengai, Hyrax Hill, Nakuru North Cemetery.

2.6 miSE
Archaeological museum, Museum
Hyrax Hill Prehistoric Site and Museum, Nakuru
66 min walk • The Hyrax Hill site was proclaimed a national monument in 1945 and opened to the public in 1965. This was as a result of startling discoveries of relics by Mrs. Selfe and subsequent archaeological excavations that were carried out by Dr.
3 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Volcano
Menengai
77 min walk • Menengai Crater is a massive shield volcano with one of the biggest calderas in the world, in the Great Rift Valley, Kenya. It is the largest volcano caldera in Kenya and the second largest volcano caldera in Africa.
2.5 miSE
Archaeological site
Hyrax Hill, Nakuru
65 min walk • Hyrax Hill is a prehistoric site near Nakuru in the Rift Valley province of Kenya. It is a rocky spur roughly half a kilometer in length, with an elevation of 1,900 meters above sea level at its summit.
2.1 miS
Cemetery
Nakuru North Cemetery, Nakuru
53 min walk • Nakuru North Cemetery is a cemetery in Nakuru, Kenya and is one of the oldest in the country. In addition to civilian interments the cemetery also contains Commonwealth war graves from both the First World War and the Second World War, as well as two non-war CWGC burials.
3.2 miS
Football, Arenas and stadiums, Sport venue
Afraha Stadium, Nakuru
82 min walk • The Afraha Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Nakuru, Kenya. It used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Nakuru AllStars of the Kenyan Premier League and Ulinzi Stars of the Kenyan Premier League.
2.7 miS
0°17'9"S • 36°4'8"E
Nyayo Gardens, Nakuru
69 min walk • Park

Menengai Forest, Nakuru

Facts and practical information

Menengai Forest – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Hyrax Hill Prehistoric Site and Museum, Nakuru

Menengai

Hyrax Hill, Nakuru

Nakuru North Cemetery, Nakuru

Afraha Stadium, Nakuru

Nyayo Gardens, Nakuru