Oloolua Forest

Oloolua Forest is a forest in , . Oloolua Forest is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near the quarter .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Karen Blixen Museum and Ngong railway station.

Museum
Photo: Rod Waddington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The , located 10 km outside of , Kenya, "at the foot of the ", is the former African home of Danish author Karen Blixen, famous for her 1937 book Out of Africa which chronicles life at the estate.

Railway station
Photo: Karubiu, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hospital
The is a private, multi-specialty hospital located in the suburb of , Kenya's capital city. The hospital has an in-patient bed capacity of 102.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ngong and Karen.

Town
Photo: Rotsee2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town near the along the Great Rift Valley within Kajiado County, located in the southwest of , in southern . 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.

Suburb
Photo: Krg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a suburb of in , lying south-west of Nairobi's central business district. The suburb of borders the Ngong Forest and is home to the Ngong Racecourse.

Village
is a village in in the western Rift Valley region of . It is located in the Kimende area of Lari Constituency.

Oloolua Forest

Latitude
-1.3631° or 1° 21′ 47″ south
Longitude
36.6984° or 36° 41′ 54″ east
Open location code
6GCRJMPX+Q9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 85389647
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­forest
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Satellite Map

Discover Oloolua Forest from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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