Nairobi Excursions, Tours and Short Safaris
Half Day Nairobi City Tour Excursion
This
Nairobi City Excursion/tour covers the modern city centre with its natural silhouette,
the colourful city market, Parliament buildings, Kenyatta
International Conference Centre, the landmark of Nairobi (KICC),
the Railway Museum and the renowned National Museum where there
are spell-binding displays of the early man, tribal regalia and
flora and fauna of Kenya.
-A visit to the adjacent snake park is
also included. The tour returns to your city hotel in time for
lunch (lunch excluded).
Nairobi National Park Tour
Nairobi National Park is a unique wildlife sanctuary tucked just
10 kms away from the bustling Nairobi city centre. Several
animal species roam within Nairobi
National
Park including four members of the big five, exceptional being
the elephant. Animals to be found here include; lions, leopards,
zebras, rhinos, wildebeests, and other species including
beautiful bird life.
Itinerary
Depart in the morning at 0800 hrs after breakfast or afternoon
at 1400hrs after lunch pick- up from your type of accommodation
in Nairobi and drive 8km to the park for game viewing. The park
is famous for its concentration of carnivore includes the big
fine few of other mammals are zebras, Giraffe, Eland Impala and
also birds, reptiles. After 5 hrs on game drives, the drive will
take you back to your hotel Nairobi.
Giraffe Center Excursion - Nairobi Day
Tour
An excursion to the giraffe center in Nairobi's a
wonderful and refreshing experience. The tour gives a completely
up close
and personal interaction where guests have the opportunity to
view giraffes as well as hand-feed them. The African Fund for
Endangered Wildlife Kenya (A.F.E.W. Kenya) also known as the
Giraffe Center is a non-governmental, non-profit making
organization, which was founded by Betty and Jock
Leslie-Melville in 1979 as a sanctuary for the rare Rothschild
giraffe, the Centre has a feeding platform where you can
exchange kisses with the Giraffes for pelleted food. Here a
resident expert also presents a private briefing on the Centre’s
work to save the endangered Rothschild giraffe.
Excursion to the Karen Blixen Museum
in Nairobi
Karen Blixen Museum is located on the outskirts of Nairobi on
Karen road. Its history dates back to 1914, during the First
World War, with the arrival of Karen Blixen from Denmark. At the
foot of Ngong Hills, Karen Blixen established herself as a
farmer. After her departure in 1931, the suburbs retained the
commemorative home of Karen. This is the beautiful farmhouse
where Karen Blixen, author of Out of Africa, lived between 1914
and 1931, until she left Kenya after a series of personal
tragedies. The house was restored by the Danish government, and
was used during the filming of "Out of Africa" which
immortalized Karen Blixen's book by the same name. The museum
was opened to the public in 1986.
Tour of the Bomas of Kenya
"Boma" is the Swahili word for homestead. Bomas of
Kenya is a tourist village in Langata, Nairobi. The Bomas
displays traditional villages belonging to the several
Kenyan
tribes. The Bomas of Kenya are meant to maintain and promote
rich and diverse cultural values of various tribal groups of
Kenya.
This tour focuses
mainly
on Kenya’s rich culture where the 42 different tribes of the
country are exhibited through dance, songs and homesteads. At
the Bomas of Kenya currently there are thirty seven (37)
different traditional dances collected from different tribes of
Kenya. The tribal cultural shows start everyday from 2.30pm -
4.00pm and display tribal talent in music, dance, theatre/drama,
fashion show, poetry/recitals, comedies, sports and games,
exhibitions, seminars, beauty contests and body building.
Tour to the Elephant Orphanage -
Daphne Sheldrick Foundation
This is an orphanage for Elephant and Rhinos Calves from all
over
Kenya. It was
founded and is still managed by Daphne Sheldrick,
the widow of the best known Game Warden, David Sheldrick.
The
young calves which are orphaned by poaching from various Parks
are brought here and nursed until they are believed to be out of
danger then released back to various parks to rejoin their
colleagues.
The visit is done during the feeding hours which
fall between 11:00am to Noon every other day. There is no park
fee but only your humble contributions to the trust.
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