Sunday, January 15, 2012

Nairobi City One Day Tours: Go on a Nairobi City 1 DayTour To Nairobi National Park, Giraffe Centre, Karen Blixen

There are many places in Nairobi city tour that you can go to visit for sightseeing or even wildlife game drives. You do not need to get bored trying to kill time in your hotel or at the Nairobi airport layover when on transit. Some of the places to be visited are really cheap and you can have a tour ranging from 2, 3, 4, 5, to 11 hours.




Nairobi National Park


Nairobi National park is the only park in the world that is found within the boundaries of a capital city. It is only 7 minutes away from the central business district. This means that it is within easy reach from the airport and from any hotel in town. There are many animals to be seen here including the lions, giraffes, rhino, baboons, cheetah, crocodiles, hippo, buffalo, wildebeest, topi and many others. The trip mostly lasts for 4 hours and you will definitely have a good time in this park.

Karen Blixen Museum

Karen Blixen was a danish lady that settled in Kenya in colonial times and started a coffee farm on the South western edges of Nairobi. Karen Blixens romantic love live in Kenya was made famous by her book and later acted in a movie Out of Africa. After her death on return to Denmark, Karen Blixen House was donated by the Danish government to the National Museums of Kenya and turned into a museum.

The tour involves a walk through the house which is still set in its original furnishings and game trophys adorning the walls. It is a nice way to see the history of Kenya in colonial era.

David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage

This is located in one corner of nairobi national park and is a sanctuary for orphaned baby elephants. A visit here will treat you to seeing the baby eles being bottle fed with milk and playing at the mud holes and football.

David sheldrick is open to the public for a hour from 1100hrs to 1200hrs which is the feeding time for the baby elephants. People who want to adopt an elephant can visit again at 1600hrs to see them in their bedrooms and get a closer time with baby elephants and their handlers.

Giraffe Centre

The giraffe centre is a farm in Karen area which is sponsored by the African Foundation for Endangered Wildlife AFEW. It also serves as their offices. They have Rothschild giraffes in the farm and they have build a high observation tower where you can get close and personal with the giraffe when feeding pellets to them.

One of the highlights of the giraffe center is to get a picture of a giraffe kiss when the giraffe is trying to pick a pellet from your mouth.

We will arrange the 1 Day Nairobi Tours, pick you up at the airport, and drop you off later in time for your flight. Click here to arrange a nairobi one day travel package: One Day Amboseli Tours

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