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Subukia Shrine

Photo: Njugi Muikamba · CC BY-SA 4.0
xi.  55 km from the hotel · Subukia · via Nyahururu

Kenya's national Marian shrine, on a hillside above the Rift Valley, consecrated in 1991 and cared for by Franciscan friars. A spring found that year now flows into three pools beside a chapel.

A 14‑station Way of the Cross climbs to the spring, and the Subukia viewpoint on the road there looks deep into the Rift Valley. Tens of thousands come for the National Prayer Day in early October.

  • Way of the Cross to the spring
  • Rift Valley viewpoint on the way
  • Quiet time on the hillside
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