Kathonzweni Makueni

Kathonzweni is one of the biggest towns on the Makindu Wote highway. 

However, if you are coming from Nairobi going to Kathonzweni, the best route is first to take Mombasa road, up to Makutano (Machakos turn off) at Kyumbi. At Makutano junction, you turn left, and drive on to Machakos town. From Machakos town, you join the Wote Road (Machakos Wote road), and drive on for about 70 kilometers to Wote Town. At Wote Town, you take the Makindu road (Wote Makindu) road, and drive for about 20-30 kilometers to arrive at Kathonzweni market. 

There is of course the alternative route of coming from Nairobi, taking Mombasa road all the way to Makindu, then turning left at Makindu (just after the Makindu Sikh temple) joining the Makindu-Wote road and driving for about 50 kilometers to arrive at Kathonzweni.

If you are using public means, you can go to the Machakos airport bus station (the upper one, the one that is close to the farmers market where Ukambani matatus and buses are taken). Once there, board a Machakos bound matatu or minibus. Alight at Machakos town, and board a Wote bound matatu or minibus. Alight at Wote town and board a Makindu bound Nissan and tell them to drop you off at Kathonzweni (it is one of the major stops on this particular route). Kathonzweni is where you find one of the junctions to Mavindini, and it is also an important stop or matatus headed to Kitise and Yikithuki.