Wajee Nature Park
Encyclopedia
Wajee Nature Park is a bird conservancy, located outside Nyeri
. It is in Mukurwe-ini administrative divisions of Nyeri District
in Central Province
of Kenya
.
It is the burial place
of Lord Robert Baden-Powell, a fighter in the Boer War
and the founder of the Scouting
movement. He once wrote "the nearer to Nyeri the nearer to bliss". 0.41878°S 36.95022°E
Nyeri
Nyeri is a town in situated in the Central Highlands of Kenya Kenya, which was the administrative headquarters of the country's former Central Province...
. It is in Mukurwe-ini administrative divisions of Nyeri District
Nyeri District
Nyeri District is a district in the Central Province of Kenya. Its headquarters is in Nyeri town. It has a population of 661,156 and an area of 3,356 km².The district is located on the southwest flank of Mount Kenya...
in Central Province
Central Province (Kenya)
Kenya's Central Province covers an area of 13,191 km² and is located to north of Nairobi and west of Mt. Kenya. The province had 4,383,743 inhabitants according to the 2009 census...
of Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
.
Baden-Powell grave
The grave of Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell and Olave Baden-Powell is in Nyeri, Kenya, near Mount Kenya. Baden-Powell died on 8 January 1941 and is buried in St. Peter's Cemetery in the Wajee Nature Park...
of Lord Robert Baden-Powell, a fighter in the Boer War
Second Boer War
The Second Boer War was fought from 11 October 1899 until 31 May 1902 between the British Empire and the Afrikaans-speaking Dutch settlers of two independent Boer republics, the South African Republic and the Orange Free State...
and the founder of the Scouting
Scouting
Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth movement with the stated aim of supporting young people in their physical, mental and spiritual development, that they may play constructive roles in society....
movement. He once wrote "the nearer to Nyeri the nearer to bliss". 0.41878°S 36.95022°E
External links
- http://www.wajeenaturepark.com/pages/index.php
- http://www.nationaudio.com/News/DailyNation/Supplements/weekend/11102002/story1.htm
- http://www.planetware.com/nyeri/wajee-nature-park-ken-ctrl-wajee.htm