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Nanyuki synonymous with coffee shops, soldiers and dust

PHOTO | FILE Nanyuki Central Business District at night.

What you need to know:

  • Nanyuki is a resort town that opens up to the greater Laikipia areas, famed for wildlife conservancies
  • The presence of the Kenya Defence Forces battalion makes Nanyuki one of the most secure towns in the country

If there is a town in Kenya that reminds anyone of America’s wild west two centuries ago, it is Nanyuki.

After a 45-minute drive from Marua junction in Nyeri, the landscape begins to change.