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Panya Routes
A lone car on a straight road between plantations and farmland, seen from above, Tarakea

The route app for Kenya

Roads, tracks and walking routes across Kenya, each one driven, graded and documented before it is published, and followed with no signal.

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Why Panya Routes

A line on a map does not say what the road asks of you. Hard terrain near Nairobi and easy terrain 260 km up a murram track are different problems. So every route is driven, graded and documented before it is published, and guides you on when the signal fades.

Read the grading method

Find it, check it, drive it.

  1. 01 Find
  2. 02 Match your vehicle
  3. 03 Navigate offline

01 Find

See the ground before you go.

Crater rims, forest tracks, escarpments and walks. Pick one by grade, climb and time.

  • A highland road through farmland under heavy cloud, Mau Narok
    01.1

    Driven and documented

    Each route is driven, graded and documented before it is published.

  • Mount Kenya at sunset from Laikipia
    01.2

    Grade, climb and time

    Every route shows what it demands before you choose it.

  • A valley view from Lewa towards the Samburu hills
    01.3

    The line and the heights

    Each route page draws its published track and its elevation profile.

  • Elephants at a waterhole with Mount Kenya behind
    01.4

    Walks in the same catalogue

    Walking routes have a foot grade, not a terrain grade, and never show a vehicle verdict.

02 Match your vehicle

Can my vehicle do this?

Add your vehicle once. Each driving route then answers for it by name.

  • A Land Cruiser passing a lone acacia, Masai Mara
    02.1

    Your vehicle, once

    Drivetrain, clearance, tyres, lockers, winch and snorkel.

  • A 4x4 with its lights on driving through dust at sunset, Tsavo
    02.2

    An answer by name

    One of three verdicts, worked out against the route’s published requirement.

    • Your vehicle can do this
    • Doable with care
    • Beyond this vehicle
  • A red dirt road running towards hills, Tsavo
    02.3

    The gap, named

    If the route asks for more than your vehicle has, the app names what is missing.

  • Two pickups parked in the desert near Ileret
    02.4

    If it goes wrong

    Every route also has a commitment band: how far it takes you from help. It is scored from the route line and fixed when the route is published.

    • Close to help
    • Half day out
    • Remote
    • Expedition

03 Navigate offline

Signal fades. The guidance keeps going.

Download a route at home. Everything below then works with no signal, and up to 12 routes stay on the phone.

Hazards from other drivers in the last 30 days come with the route. Your own report sends when you are back online and signed in.

  • A two-track road under a storm sky, Masai Mara
    03.1

    Turn cues with the screen locked

    Spoken directions on iPhone and Android, with the phone in a pocket or a mount.

  • A dirt track crossing flooded plains, Amboseli
    03.2

    Obstacles called out ahead

    Speed bumps, potholes, washouts, rock steps, fallen trees and gates, called out 300 m ahead.

  • A safari vehicle under an acacia at dusk, Masai Mara
    03.3

    Back to the line when you stray

    Leave the route and the app says which way it is and how far.

26 published routes

Open a published route.

Grade: SealedCommitment: Half day out

Kisii to Kericho via Keroka and Sotik

Drive

A sealed road trip from Kisii to Kericho through Keroka, Sotik, Litein and Chemosit.

Distance
50.9 km
Climb
1,191 m
Time
2:06
Grade: HardCommitment: Close to help

Nanyuki-Gathiuru Forest Traverse

Drive

An approximately 39 km back-road drive from Nanyuki through the Gathiuru Forest Station area to the southern Mount Kenya foothills. The line uses unpaved residential and unclassified roads. The official 2023-2027 Gathiuru management plan records roads that need grading and drainage, some inaccessible sections, and poor-weather access to tourism sites. Confirm with KFS whether public vehicle access is allowed and whether any permit, authorization, or check-in is required before travel. Use a capable 4x4, travel in daylight, stay on open roads, and turn back at any closure or unsafe surface.

Distance
39.0 km
Climb
781 m
Time
2:39
Grade: TrekCommitment: Expedition

Mount Kenya Chogoria Route

On foot

A long Mount Kenya trekking route from Chogoria through the eastern valleys and high camps toward the summit area.

Distance
38.8 km
Climb
3,414 m
Time
15:23
A vehicle crossing golden savanna at sunrise

Roads worth driving.

Find your next route. Check it against your vehicle. Download it and drive it with your group.

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Photo credits

Licensed stock of Kenyan landscapes and vehicles. None of these photos shows a published route.All sources and licences.

  • A lone car on a straight road between plantations and farmland, seen from above, Tarakea. Photo by Alex Levis on Pexels, Pexels License, edited: cropped to 4:5.
  • The peaks of Mount Kenya in mist. Photo by Nerea JH on Unsplash, Unsplash License.
  • A car raising dust on a dirt road at dusk, Kajiado. Photo by Sergey Pesterev on Pexels, Pexels License.
  • Three walkers climbing through tall grass at sunrise. Photo by Brian Kungu on Unsplash, Unsplash License.
  • A highland road through farmland under heavy cloud, Mau Narok. Photo by Vince Pictures on Pexels, Pexels License.
  • Mount Kenya at sunset from Laikipia. Photo by Polina Koroleva on Unsplash, Unsplash License.
  • A valley view from Lewa towards the Samburu hills. Photo by David Clode on Unsplash, Unsplash License.
  • Elephants at a waterhole with Mount Kenya behind. Photo by Leon Pauleikhoff on Unsplash, Unsplash License.
  • A 4x4 with its lights on driving through dust at sunset, Tsavo. Photo by Vishva Patel on Pexels, Pexels License.
  • Two pickups parked in the desert near Ileret. Photo by Henry Sanderson Viyuyi on Pexels, Pexels License, edited: number plate and passenger blurred.
  • A Land Cruiser passing a lone acacia, Masai Mara. Photo by Trevor Michael on Unsplash, Unsplash License.
  • A red dirt road running towards hills, Tsavo. Photo by Polina Koroleva on Unsplash, Unsplash License.
  • A dirt track crossing flooded plains, Amboseli. Photo by Sweder Breet on Unsplash, Unsplash License.
  • A safari vehicle under an acacia at dusk, Masai Mara. Photo by Nk Ni on Unsplash, Unsplash License, edited: number plate blurred.
  • A two-track road under a storm sky, Masai Mara. Photo by Polina Koroleva on Unsplash, Unsplash License.
  • A vehicle crossing golden savanna at sunrise. Photo by Lloyd Alozie on Pexels, Pexels License.