Baridi
Baridi means cool air.
Aberdare forest caves sheltered Mau Mau fighters, and Sasumua Dam supplies about 12% of Nairobi's water.
Nyandarua is high, cool country on the Aberdare Range and the Kinangop Plateau, between the Aberdares and the Rift Valley. Most residents are Kikuyu, and the county is open farmland under big skies.
Aberdare forest caves sheltered Mau Mau fighters, and Sasumua Dam supplies about 12% of Nairobi's water. The county has produced champion runners including John Ngugi, Catherine Ndereba and Samuel Wanjiru.
Farming leads, especially potatoes, maize, beans and dairy.
A freshwater lake above 2,350 m, popular with birdwatchers.
Misty montane forest and moorland, home of the rare bongo antelope.
Forest hideouts of freedom fighters, set near waterfalls.
An isolated volcanic peak for hiking and camping.
A natural ledge where high farmland drops to the Rift Valley.
The valley of the notorious colonial-era settlers, near Wanjohi Falls.
A forest walk ending below the falls.
Communities with a historic home in Nyandarua. Today people from every part of Kenya live and work here.
Kikuyu traditions shape daily life, and evenings often feature mugithi, the Kikuyu take on country music, played by one-man guitar acts. Hearty highland food includes githeri (maize and beans) and mukimo (mashed potatoes, greens and maize).
January to March or July to October for hiking and clear views.
Nyandarua and its neighbours. Tap a county or a place to read about it.
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January to March or July to October for hiking and clear views.
Aberdare forest caves sheltered Mau Mau fighters, and Sasumua Dam supplies about 12% of Nairobi's water. The county has produced champion runners including John Ngugi, Catherine Ndereba and Samuel Wanjiru.
Nyandarua is high, cool country on the Aberdare Range and the Kinangop Plateau, between the Aberdares and the Rift Valley. Most residents are Kikuyu, and the county is open farmland under big skies. The county capital is Ol Kalou, and the 2019 census counted 638,289 people across about 3,286 square kilometres.
ShambaKiambu CountyFounding President Jomo Kenyatta's ancestral home is at Ichaweri. The 1953 Lari massacre was one of the darkest episodes of the Mau Mau war.
NyumbaniMurang'a CountyKikuyu tradition holds that the community began at Mukurwe wa Nyagathanga. Wangu wa Makeri, the only female Kikuyu headman of colonial times, served here.
McheleKirinyaga CountyThe county grows much of Kenya's rice and guards the southern forests of Mount Kenya, a mountain sacred to the Kikuyu.
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