NAIROBI FULL DAY TOUR 2022

Nairobi National Park, A short drive out of Nairobi’s central business district is the Nairobi National Park. Wide-open grass plains and backdrop of the city scrapers scattered acacia bush play host to a wide variety of wildlife including the endangered black rhino, lions, leopards, cheetahs, hyenas, buffaloes, giraffes, and a diverse birdlife with over 400 species recorded. 

Established in 1946, Nairobi National Park was Kenya’s first National Park. Located approximately 7 kilometers from Nairobi city center, Nairobi National Park is the only protected area in the world with a variety of wild animals and birds so close to a capital city.

The park has a diversity of environments with fauna and flora, open grass plains with acacia bushes are predominant in the park. The western side has a highland dry forest and a permanent river with a riverine forest in the south. To the south of the park are the Athi-Kapiti Plains and Kitengela Migration and dispersal areas – vital areas for herbivores to disperse during the rains and concentrate in the park in the dry season.

The Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage is located near Nairobi National Park. This orphanage for Elephant Calves and Rhinos from all over Kenya was founded and still managed by Daphne Sheldrick, the widow of one of Kenya’s best-known Game Wardens David Sheldrick.

Karen Blixen Museum was once the centerpiece of a farm at the foot of the Ngong Hills owned by Danish Author Karen and her Swedish Husband, Baron Bror von Blixen Fincke. Located 10km from the city center, the Museum belongs to a different time period in the history of Kenya. The Orphans’ Project exists to offer hope for the future of Kenya’s threatened elephant and rhino populations as they struggle against the threat of poaching for their ivory and horn, and the loss of habitat due to human population pressures and conflict, deforestation, and drought.

Giraffe Centre is located in Langata, just outside Nairobi. The center has been ostensibly set up as a breeding center for the endangered Rothschild giraffe, but now operates conservation/education programs for Kenyan school children. The endangered Rothschild giraffe breeding programs started with the inception of the Giraffe Centre back then in 1979. The giraffes breed naturally in an approximate 120 Acerage of land and the young calves born at the center are introduced back into the wild at the age of 2years. The giraffes at the center are closely observed and monitored by AFEW staff and when need be their natural diet is supplemented with Lucerne Grass, salt blocks, and carrots. Ever since the breeding started, the center has handled over 50 Rothschild Giraffes and most of them have been introduced back into the wild in selected Kenya’s protected areas.

The factory began as a tiny workshop that specializes in making ceramic and ornamental beads as a way of employing underprivileged women in Nairobi. Most of the women are single mothers of the physically disabled.

0600hrs: Pick up from your hotel for a morning game drive at Nairobi National Park.  

1030 Hrs: Proceed to David Sheldrick. At the heart of the DSWT’s conservation activities is the Orphans’ Project, which has achieved worldwide acclaim through its hugely successful elephant and rhino rescue and rehabilitation program.

1200 Hrs: Lunch at Tamambo Karen Blixen Coffee Garden.

1400hrs-1500hrs: A short tour to the home of coffee pioneer, Karen Blixen is now preserved as a museum. 

1530 hrs :  Proceed to Kazuri Beads which is located at the Karen Blixen estate.

1630 Hrs: Visit the Giraffe center for more information about the Roth's child giraffe.