DAY TRIP EXCURSIONS
THE NAIROBI CITY TOUR
Half day tour featuring the fascinating history of the city and its railway
museum. You will have a chance to visit the famous Masai Market every Tuesday
and city market which is opened every day. National Museum and the snake park.
BOMAS OF KENYA
Bomas of Kenya is a cultural centre at Langata – a short way past the entrance
to the National park, on the right-hand side as you head out from Nairobi .
Here you can see traditional dances and hear songs from the countrys's 16 ethnic
groups. There is a perfomance daily at 2.30 pm and 3.30 pm on Saturday and
Sundays.
CARNIVORE EXPERIENCE
Enjoy lunch or dinner. The Carnivore is unique for its steaks, barbecue and
a variety of game meat.
KAREN BLIXEN MUSEUM AND GIRAFFE CENTRE
This is the farmhouse where Karen Blixen, author of ‘Out of Afiica' lived
between 1914 and 1913 until she left Kenya after a series of personal tragedies.
It was presented to the Kenyan Government at Independence by the Danish Government
along with the adjacent agricultural college.
The Ngong hills, as seen in “Out of Africa” and afterwards have tea with the
giraffe.
DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST
The trust was established shortly after the death of David Sheldrick in 1977.
David and his wife Daphne pioneered techniques of raising orphaned black rhino
and elephants and reintroducing them back into the wild. Rhinos and elephants
are still reared on site and can be viewed daily between 1100am and noon .
NAIROBI NATIONAL PARK
The rather underrated oark is the most accessible of all Kenya 's wildlife
parks, being only afes kilometres from the city centre. You should set aside
a morning or an afternoon to see it.
Created in the 1946, Nairobi National park is the oldest park in the coutry.
For a park so close to the city centre you can see an amazing variety of animals.
The terrain is classic African Savanna with steep river valley and hippo pools
set against a backdrop of Nairobi 's skyscrapers and jets approaching Jomo
Kenyatta interenational airport. Gazelle, lion, Zebra, giraffes, buffaloes,
cheetah and leopard are all seen regularly and the park is one of the best
bird viewing areas with more than 550 species recorded (more that the UK).
This tour takes about 4 hours.
Can start in the morning or in the afternoon.
OSTRICH PARK
The ostrich park is about 1 km farther along Langat a Rd , well signed posted
and right opposite the turn-off for Langata itself. This makes a good family
excursion where you can feed ostriches and see artisans at work making handicrafts.
There is also a good kids' playground.
RIFT VALLEY LAKES
Enjoy the variety of Kenya 's birdlife on the beautiful lakes of the Rift
Valley, where animals graze on the shoreline. Flamingo concentrations vary
according to the season.
THE MASAI FOOTSTEPS
Enjoy the culture and lifestyle of the Masai in the superb background of the
Great Rift Valley .
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