[3] The North Nandi Forest is a strip of high-canopy forest about 30 kilometres (19 mi) long from north to south and 3 to 5 kilometres (1.9 to 3.1 mi) wide that runs along the rim of the escarpment.

[4] To the west the Kakamega Forest, a mid-altitude tropical rainforest, lies below the escarpment in the Lake Victoria catchment.

[1] The rugged terrain includes granite and volcanic rock.

[5] The 450 metres (1,480 ft) Sheu Morobi cliffs in the escarpment used to be used by old Nandi people to commit suicide so their family did not have to care for them.

This was considered an honorable action, and would follow special rituals and a last meal.