All Nairobi Excursions

NB: This package can be done on a private or you join a group.

Nairobi City Tour
Founded at the turn of the century, Nairobi has grown from small railroad town to a large cosmopolitan city with a population approaching two million. Much is to be seen around the capital. The Nairobi City as seen from The Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC) Nairobi Museum has numerous exhibits of the late Dr. Leakey’s great finds, a collection of original artifacts from Kenyan tribes and a superb collection of mounted birds. Adjacent to the Museum is the Snake Park and the Aviary.

The Railway Museum is a must for visitors interested in the country’s history as well as National Assembly (Parliament), Branch at the Jamia mosque and also view the Macmillan Memorial library. You could also visit the view point at the Uhuru Park. To conclude the tour, you branch at the Municipal City Market where you can purchase a couple of beautiful souvenirs.

Nairobi National Park
Nairobi, as a capital city, is unique in having a wildlife park on its doorstep. It is possible to photograph a rhino, browsing peacefully amongst the whistling thorn with high rise buildings in the background! Some of the wildlife is migratory and when there is grazing and water outside the park it moves out into Maasai-Land through the unfenced southern boundary. But there is also a resident population of plains game and carnivores so a visit at any time of the year is rewarding.

Nairobi National Park/Shedrick animal orphanage/Bomas of Kenya
A safari in Nairobi National Park, only 13 km (eight miles) from the city Centre. Lion and Cheetah roam in sight of Mts. Kenya and Kilimanjaro and beneath airplanes on their approach to the international Airport. Monkeys, buffalo and several species of plains’ game abound.
Pick from your hotel at 6:30am and proceed to Nairobi national park with the city in the background national park for game drives until 10:30am. Proceed for Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage which opens their gates from 11:00am to 12:00 noon .In the park is the Animal Orphanage where sick, wounded and abandoned animals are cared for and rehabilitated into the park.

Educational Centre
Featuring a Safari Walk. Close by is the Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage, where infant elephant and rhino (orphaned because of poaching activities) are cared for and eventually returned to the wild in Tsavo National Park. The Centre is open every morning and visitors can watch the calves bathing in the mud hole and being bottle fed by their human surrogate mothers.

At 1230hrs you will break for lunch at a place of your choice. Later be taken to Bomas of Kenya for an insight to the cultural lives of the tribes of Kenya.

Bomas of Kenya
Typically, this is a cultural tour that exposes you to Kenya’s 16 major tribes i.e Kikuyu, Luo, Kamba, etc. ’Bomas’ is linguistically used to refer to villages and is hence a Kiswahili word. It has numerous homesteads reflecting Kenya’s cocktail of cultures. Bomas of Kenya is a cultural center a short drive from the city Centre where visitors can watch displays of traditional dancing by groups from the main tribes of Kenya.

Karen Blixen
The Karen Blixen Museum was originally the home of Karen Blixen, who came to Kenya from Denmark in the early part of the 19th century; the present museum site is at the heart of the larger coffee plantation run by Blixen between 1914 and 1931. The house and surrounding land was donated by the Danish
government to Kenya at independence; 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. Much of the original furniture is on display in the house, and combined with the beautifully landscaped gardens and encompassing view of the Ngong Hills, the Museum has continued to be very popular destination for international and local visitors.
The original kitchen has been restored and is now open for viewing. A Dove Stove similar to the one used by Blixen is on display, as are other period kitchen utensils.

An afternoon orientation drive that will take you through Kenya’s modern, high- capital to the area of Karen Blixen’s Farm at the foot of the Ngong hills. Visit the fascinating Museum dedicated to the Author of “Out of Africa.” Have time to feed the gentle Rothschild’s Giraffe at the Giraffe Centre. Afterwards admire authentic African Art and Craft at Utamaduni and drive back to your town Hotel.

The Carnivore Experience
Nairobi has many restaurants offering a variety of cuisines. We recommend a dinner or lunch at the Carnivore restaurant. Carnivore is famous for its succulent steaks and barbecued dishes as an excellent complement to a holiday in Kenya, especially as a welcome or farewell dinner. In the style of a Brazilian churrasceria, 6 kms from the city Centre, the carnivore restaurant is a popular spot for meat lovers. Joints of lamb, beef, pork and venison are roasted on an open spit and curved from spears at your table.