Menengai Crater Rim Road
Drive
checked 11 August 2026
- Distance
- 13.7km
- Climb
- 370m
- Est. time
- 0:45
Download the line
A GPX file with all 317 recorded points. It opens in Garmin, OsmAnd, Gaia GPS and Panya. It has the line only, with no turn guidance.
About this route
An unsealed crater-rim drive around Menengai, with volcanic terrain and elevated viewpoints.
Before you go
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When to go
Route-specific current-conditions profile
Stale, check again. OpenStreetMap route snapshot: Menengai Crater Rim Road, checked 10 August 2026. Source
Elevation
370 m up, 454 m down
1,700 m to 2,200 m. Estimated from the route line, not from recorded runs.
Along the way
- 0.0 km
Menengai Crater Rim Road start
Exact first point of the accepted full-resolution GPX.
- 13.7 km
Menengai Crater Rim Road finish
Exact final point of the accepted full-resolution GPX.
Route visuals
PhotographA massive volcanic caldera in Kenya’s Rift Valley. Commons identifies Menengai Crater; the exact rim-road alignment is not established.
Photo by Mkenyampoa · captured 2022-03-01
File:Menengai crater at dawn.jpg by Mkenyampoa · CC BY-SA 4.0
Changes: Resized, re-encoded, and composited on a blurred background by Panya Routes on 2026-08-11
Adaptation license: CC BY-SA 4.0
PhotographBlack Vitreous Lava, Menengai Crater, Nakuru, Kenya. Commons identifies volcanic material at Menengai Crater; it is geology context and not evidence of the road surface.
Photo by Njihiagk · captured 2007-10-14
File:Black Vitreous Lava.jpg by Njihiagk · CC BY-SA 4.0
Changes: Resized, re-encoded, and composited on a blurred background by Panya Routes on 2026-08-11
Adaptation license: CC BY-SA 4.0
PhotographMenengai Crater, Kenya - view from the caldera edge. More of the edge is visible near the horizon.. Commons identifies the caldera edge; it is exposure context, not a route instruction.
Photo by Hgmichna · captured 2010-05-15
File:Menengai crater view from the edge.jpg by Hgmichna · CC BY 3.0
Changes: Resized, re-encoded, and composited on a blurred background by Panya Routes on 2026-08-11
PhotographMenengai Crater Rim Road. Commons identifies a signpost at the viewpoint; current wording, access, and services must be checked locally.
Photo by Tall Black · captured 2018-05-10
File:A landmark signpost at the Menengai Crater viewpoint showing the way to cities and towns, weaving a tapestry of distances and directions..jpg by Tall Black · CC BY-SA 4.0
Changes: Resized, re-encoded, and composited on a blurred background by Panya Routes on 2026-08-11
Adaptation license: CC BY-SA 4.0
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