Nakuru

Nakuru, sometimes referred to as Nakuru City, is the capital and largest city of Nakuru County, Kenya. As of 2019, Nakuru had an urban population of 570,674. Wikipedia

Population 307,990 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Kenya

• 112PolicePolice
• 112AmbulanceAmbulance
• 112FireFire
• 999PolicePolice
• 999AmbulanceAmbulance
• 999FireFire

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Kenya

Getting there

Where are you starting from?

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Still gathering the markets around Nakuru. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

• KFA Rounda About Monument · 510 m

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Eating nearby

• Pizza 1
• Regional 1

All 3 places to eat

Somewhere to run

• Nakuru Athletics Club 340 m across 920 m
• Afraha Field 370 m across 1.5 km

Getting around

• Modern Coast Express Nakuru branch 390 m
• Nakuru Bus Terminus 1.0 km
• Matatu Station 1.0 km
• Matatu stand 1.1 km
• Nakuru 1.2 km
• Mololine shuttle bus 1.2 km

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