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Nairobi's
attractions are many and diverse. The metropolis itself, one of the
largest in
Africa cannot be toured in a single
day, hence our city tours are focused on making sure that you have the best of
Nairobi.
NAIROBI
CITY TOUR 3 HOURS
The tour
visits the colourful market, Railway
Museum the
National Museum
and the adjacent Snake
Park and Kikuyu
traditional hut. The city centre reveals historical buildings like National
archives, Kipande house, parliament, old provincial administration and
recently the Nyayo house. Return to the city centre by lunch time.
NAIROBI NATIONAL PARK/SAFARI WALK
1/2 DAY
In
afternoon visit to this superb game park, only eight miles from the city
centre. Lions and Cheetah roam in sight together with a great variety of
plains game. Excellent chance of seeing and photographing Rhinos.
The Nairobi
safari walk trail is the recent recreation of the former Animal Orphanage to
reflect the aspirations of KWS to maintain animals in wild rather than the
traditional caging. This allows one to view and photograph wild
animals as they roam freely in enclosures in the safety of wooden
platforms. The tour returns to the city centre by sundown.
CARNIVORE EXPERIENCE 2
HOURS
Nairobi has many
restaurants offering a variety of cuisine. The popular Carinvore Restaurant
offers a menu which is famous for its succulent game meat roasted over
charcoal.
KAREN
BLIXEN MUSEUM & GIRAFFE CENTRE 1/2 DAY
Karen
Blixen Museum is the former
house of Karen Blixen a talented Danish writer of "Out of Africa
Fame,". It provides a glimpse into the past which is part
of Kenya's
history. Then drive to see and feed Daisy, the famous Rothschild Giraffe and
her family at the beautiful home overlooking the Hills. After tea at the
Giraffe Centre return to Nairobi
in the early evening.
BOMAS
OF KENYA
3 HOURS
The Bomas
of Kenya is a cultural recreational centre allowing one to enjoy a diversity
of Kenyan culture giving an insight of the life of the rural Kenya.
A 'boma' is a homestead. Bomas of Kenya also features the
following
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An amphitheatre where traditional dances from
different tribes are performed.
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Curio shops
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Recitations
NAIROBI NATIONAL PARK/NATURE TRAIL AND
BOMAS OF KENYA/BOMAS FULL DAY
Nairobi NP
has been described as the most unique NP in the world within the precincts
of a metropolitan city. The park boasts a large number of plains games
including Rhino, Lion, Cape buffalo, leopard and cheetah, Maasai giraffes,
Burchell's Zebra, wildebeests, waterbucks, impalas, Thomson's and Grant's
gazelles, warthog. Birdlife is profuse.
Adjacent to
the NP is the Nairobi Nature trail as experience never to be missed.
This is a recreation of the former animal orphanage allowing one to view
wild animals in the safety of wooden platforms.
Have a
sumptuous meal at the carnivore is followed entertainment at Bomas of
Kenya. Return to your hotel in the evening.
LAKE NAKURU NATIONAL PARK FULL DAY
Distance: 157 KM
from Nairobi
Area: 167 Km Sq
Lake
Nakuru is also a Ramsar Site, a signatory
of the Ramsar Convention for conservation of wetlands of International
importance.
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The park has the largest Euphorbia candelabrum forest
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Lake
Nakuru National Park has been described
as the "greatest bird spectacle".
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The park also offers the best opportunity to view rare
species like the Rhino and the leopard and the endemic Rothschild's giraffe
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Mammal life reveals all the big five apart from the
elephant. They include rhinos, Cape buffalo, deffasa waterbucks, lions,
impalas, Thomson's and Grant's gazelles, black backed jackal, warthog, giant
eland, dik dik, reed buck, leopard
A drive from Nairobi
passes through the cool well farmed highland country of the Kikuyu people
before descending an escarpment into the dramatic landscape of the Rift. A
brief stopover is provided at the observation point for sightseeing and
photography.
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