Karura Forest is an urban forest located north of central Nairobi that is managed by the Kenya Forest Service. It has an area of 1 063.0 ha, making it largest of three main gazetted forest in Nairobi.
The area north of central Nairobi forms a drainage basin and was once heavily forested, but exists today only as patches like Karura Forest and City Park.
Features
A waterfall
Bamboo forest
Picnic site
Marshland
Mau Mau caves
An old church
The Karura Forest Product Research Centre
Wildlife
Monkey species
Bush baby
Bushbuck
Bush pig
Porcupine
Duiker
Genet
Dik dik
African civet
Epauletted bat
Activities
Nature walks
Picnicing
Cycling
Camping
Learning about nature
Birding
Timings
Monday – Saturday
8:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday
9:00am – 1:00pm
Public Holidays
Closed
Contact Information
KFS Headquarters in Karura,
Off Kiambu Road, Opposite CID headquarters
P.O Box 30513-00100,
Nairobi Kenya
Email: info@kenyaforestservice.org, director@kenyaforestservice.org
Website: www.kenyaforestservice.org
