Fort Jericho

Fort Jericho: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this fort: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Fort Jericho

Season: October to February; carry water in summer.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Fort Jericho — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: -0.56608, 36.66926. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Fort Jericho

• Mount Kinangop · viewpoint · Murang'a County · ~10 km · Must-see
• Kinangop Plateau · viewpoint · Nyandarua · ~16 km · Must-see
• Aberdares National Park · sanctuary · Nyeri · ~22 km · Must-see
• Mount Kipipiri · viewpoint · Nyandarua · ~27 km · Must-see
• Mount Satima · viewpoint · Nyandarua · ~36 km · Must-see
• Kigio Wildlife Conservancy · sanctuary · Nakuru · ~37 km · Must-see
• Lake Naivasha · lake · Nakuru · ~51 km · Must-see
• Kariandusi pre-historic site · fort · Nakuru · ~56 km · Must-see
• Longonot · viewpoint · Nakuru · ~57 km · Must-see
• Mount Longonot · viewpoint · Nakuru · ~58 km · Must-see
• Lake Elmenteita · lake · Nakuru · ~62 km · Must-see
• Hell's Gate National Park · sanctuary · Nakuru · ~65 km · Must-see
• Ol Doinyo Eburru · viewpoint · Nakuru · ~66 km · Must-see
• Olkaria · viewpoint · Nakuru · ~71 km · Must-see
• Gura Waterfall · waterfall · Nyeri · ~8 km
• Los locos waterfall · waterfall · Nyeri · ~9 km
• Karuru Waterfall · waterfall · Nyeri · ~9 km
• Gikururu River Falls · waterfall · Nyeri · ~10 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Fort Jericho

Other forts & heritage near Fort Jericho

• Kariandusi pre-historic site · fort · Nakuru · ~56 km · Must-see
• August 7th Memorial Park · fort · Nairobi County · ~103 km · Must-see
• Olorgesailie Prehistoric Site · fort · Kajiado County · ~144 km · Must-see
• Amedeo di Savoia Duca d’Aosta · fort · Nyeri · ~41 km
• St. Peter's Cemetery · fort · Nyeri · ~44 km
• Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, and Olave St Clair Baden-Powell, Baroness Baden-Powell · fort · Nyeri · ~44 km
• kamukunji ground · fort · Nyeri · ~44 km
• Nelson Mandela and Albertina Sisulu · fort · Nyeri · ~47 km
• Nyeri-Kiganjo War Cemetary · fort · Nyeri · ~53 km
• Kariandusi upper pre-historic site · fort · Nakuru · ~56 km

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