Suswa is a small town along the main road from
Nairobi
Nairobi is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Kenya. The city lies in the south-central part of Kenya, at an elevation of . The name is derived from the Maasai language, Maasai phrase , which translates to 'place of cool waters', a ...
to
Narok town and at the foot of
Mount Suswa in
Narok County. Suswa is also a ward in
Narok East sub-county. The Suswa sub-station is located just outside town and electricity that is generated at
Lake Turkana Wind Power Station is transmitted here through the 428 km
Loiyangalani–Suswa High Voltage Power Line.
The town is a tourism hotspot due to its proximity to the Mount Suswa Conservancy and the lava caves on Mount Suswa.
Transport
SGR
Suswa is served by a train station on the
Nairobi–Malaba Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), which was inaugurated in October 2019.
MGR
There is an old unused railway station called Suswa station located along the old
Metre Gauge Railway (MGR) section from Nairobi to
Naivasha. Although it is named Suswa station, it is located 46 kilometres (by road) away from Suswa town between
Mount Longonot and
Naivasha Town.
References
Populated places in Narok County
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