NAIROBI NATIONAL PARK

So close to Kenya’s capital city that it’s possible to take a photo of a rhino browsing peacefully amongst the acacia thorn with a background of high rise office buildings.

The park covers 117 sq km and was established in 1946. It is the oldest national park in the country. It’s only 7km or a 20 minute drive from the city centre. Most of its fences actually border Nairobi’s suburbs with only the southern perimeter unfenced. Here some of the animals migrate into Masai grazing areas. The park has plains of long grass dotted with acacia forest and some man-made dams that attract lots of animals and birds to drink.

Animals include many plains game and all the Big Five, except for elephant, for whom the park is too small. You can see baby elephants at the Daphne Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage at the edge of the park. There are hippo and crocodile in the Athi River in the south of the park, and the park staff usually know exactly where lion or cheetah can be located at any time. Recently Nairobi National Park was designated a rhino sanctuary and more than 50 rhino have been relocated here from remote parts of the country where poaching was rife. They have already begun to breed and will be used to restock other parks in East Africa.

All in all it is a very easy game park to visit with good roads and facilities. Half a day here is enough to spot a fair variety of animals.


ONE DAY excursion:

Early morning pick up at a place of your choice. Drive to Nairobi National Park for game viewing.
At 1100 Hrs, visit the Dephine Sheildricks Sanctuary till 1200 Hrs.
Have lunch at The Carnivore Restarunt and then proceed to the Giraffe Center after lunch.

The cost per person and includes:

Park entry fees
Lunch at the Carnivore
Entrance fee to the Dephine Sheldricks Sanctuary
Entrance fee to the Giraffe center
Transport in a safari van with a qualified English speaking guide.

This tour is available from 5 Sep 2005 to 27 Dec 2008

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