Ololua Forest
Ololua Forest is a forest in Kajiado County, Kenya and has an elevation of 1,852 metres. Ololua Forest is situated nearby to the locality Ol Keri, as well as near Ololua Ridge.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Karen Blixen Museum and Ngong railway station.
Karen Blixen Museum
Museum
Photo: Rod Waddington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Karen Blixen Museum, located 10 km outside of Nairobi, Kenya, "at the foot of the Ngong Hills", is the former African home of Danish author Karen Blixen, famous for her 1937 book Out of Africa which chronicles life at the estate.
Ngong railway station
Railway station
Photo: Karubiu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ngong railway station is situated 3 km northwest of Ololua Forest.
Karen Hospital
Hospital
The Karen Hospital is a private, multi-specialty hospital located in the Karen suburb of Nairobi, Kenya's capital city. The hospital has an in-patient bed capacity of 102. Karen Hospital is situated 4 km northeast of Ololua Forest.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Karen and Matathia.
Karen
Suburb
Photo: Krg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Karen is a suburb of Nairobi in Kenya, lying south-west of Nairobi's central business district. The suburb of Karen borders the Ngong Forest and is home to the Ngong Racecourse. Karen is situated 4 km north of Ololua Forest.
Matathia
Village
Matasia is a settlement in Kenya's Rift Valley Province. Matathia is situated 4½ km southwest of Ololua Forest.
Ngong
Town
Photo: Rotsee2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ngong is a town near the Ngong Hills along the Great Rift Valley within Kajiado County, located in the southwest of Nairobi, in southern Kenya. The word "Ngong" is a Maasai word derived from the word "enkong'u" meaning both "the 'eye'" and "eye of water" or thus spring of water. Ngong is situated 6 km west of Ololua Forest.
Ololua Forest
- Type: Forest
- Also known as: “Ololuaa Forest Reserve”
- Location: Kajiado County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-1.36376° or 1° 21′ 50″ southLongitude
36.70502° or 36° 42′ 18″ eastElevation
1,852 metres (6,076 feet)Open location code
6GCRJPP4+F2GeoNames ID
182089
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