01 Day Nairobi National Park Wildlife Safaris
🗺️ Itinerary & Overview
This is an unforgettable day tour adventure that takes you deep into the Nairobi National Park. You will immerse yourself in the wildlife wonders of the park and with thriving wildlife round every turn, you will experience exclusive and intimate interactions with lions, giraffes, buffalo's, zebras and if lucky, you might see some of the few remaining rhinos. The park has something special to offer both newcomers as well as older ‘safari hands’. There is a remarkable experiences that define a Nairobi national park, may it be the ivory burn site or being 10 km from the capital city of Kenya.
BEEN THERE, DONE THAT! - A pre-safari tour designed for our valued guests visiting Kenya capital city Nairobi but on a busy schedule or guests who have arrived some days earlier before the start of their real bush safari adventure and would like to spend same time exploring wildlife viewing in their natural habitats with skyscrapers in the background. It’s a four to half a day adventure which you need not to miss out if you happen to be in Nairobi. You will be picked from city hotel/airport at 8:00 am and proceed to Nairobi National Park, a unique ecosystem that is the only protected area in the world close to a capital city. The park is located only 7 km from Nairobi's city center. The 12, 000-hectare park (117 square kilometers) parks includes many different habitats -the western side has a highland dry forest and a permanent river with a river line forest.
The park landscape consists of different habitats such as plains, forests, steep gorges, lush vegetation as well as the Athi River which is a natural southern boundary of the park. The park is home to the one of the world's densest concentration of black rhinoceros and several mammals’ which include: zebras, giraffe, cape buffalo's, water-bucks, elands, warthogs, impalas, gazelles, lions, cheetahs, hyenas, wildebeest etc as well as more than 500 different species of permanent and migratory birds have been spotted in the park.
Some of the most spectacular scenery in the park you wouldn’t like to miss out if weather permits includes: The Ivory Memorial Burning Site: In 1989 former President Daniel Arap Moi set fire on 12 tons of Ivory stock worth Kshs 60 million in a bid to eliminate the mass slaughter of Africa’s elephants and rhinos. In April 30th 2016 President Kenya made history in burning an estimated 105 tonnes of elephant tusks and 1.5 tonnes of Rhino horns confiscated from smugglers and poachers
Hippo Pool – You can take a walk along the Athi River in search of the hippopotamus and crocodiles in addition to many velvet monkeys which huge around that area. Baboon Clip/Escarpment – located at the south border of the park, has some huts and it’s the best place for picnic meals if you had taken picnic lunch with you. Narogoman dam - it’s the first
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