CS Announces Plans for Cable Cars Along Nairobi-Nakuru Highway

The CS says that the proposed cable cars would allow tourists to travel in suspended passenger cabins supported by overhead steel cables to have a great view of the viewpoint sections.

The government is planning to introduce cable cars, world-class hotels and redesigned curio shops at the famous Great Rift Valley Viewpoint as part of efforts to transform the tourist attraction along the Nairobi-Nakuru section of the Rironi-Mau Summit highway.

Transport Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir said the plans would turn the scenic stopover into a major tourism destination, with cable cars connecting the A8 and A8 South sections of the highway across the escarpment.

"The viewpoint will be world-class, with cable cars connecting the A8 to the A8 South, the Escarpment corridor. It will be a magnificent tourism point," Chirchir said during an interview with the Kenyan Historian, Enock Sikolia.

Source: Kenyans.co.ke