Wondering about some of the top outdoor fun activities to do in Nairobi?
Wondering about some of the top outdoor fun activities to do in Nairobi? Here’s Nairobi National Park ,one of the top unique places in Africa. The Nairobi National park is the only wildlife sanctuary in a capital city in the entire world thus it automatically falls in the bucket list of the best places to visit in Africa. Located approximately 7.2km from “the town of cool waters” (a close Maasai translation of the words Enkare Nairobi), the park boasts of bountiful plant and animal species as well as breathtaking landscape and scenery. As a matter of fact, guest who manage to visit Kenya have always considered the Nairobi National Pak one of the top 10 places to visit in Nairobi.
Once inside the park, one can enjoy an adventurous game drive as they look out for a diverse animal population, including the Big Five (with the exception of elephants, which are however in plenty at the Amboseli national game reserve but one can catch a glimpse of the baby elephants at the David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage). The Nairobi national park hosts more than 400 bird species, diverse species of giraffes, hippopotamuses, spotted hyenas, blue wildebeests, plains zebras, cheetahs, Thomson’s gazelles, Grant’s gazelles, common elands, a variety of primates, the Nile crocodile, just but to name a few, in their natural environment.
Visitors to the park at the onset of the dry season get the rare privilege of watching a mini “Great Migration” of sorts as Zebras, wildebeests, and other herbivores cross over from the other side of the Mbagathi River onto the greener pastures of the park. If you need to experience the great wildebeest migration, the Maasai mara national reserve provides the best migration safaris destination in Kenya .Alface tours and travel in the top African safari tour company that provides the best of such safaris.
After a fun filled game drive, you can indulge yourself in the delicious cuisines at some of the lodges and hotels near Nairobi National Park, which include, but are not limited to, the Camp David Resort, Ole-Sereni Hotel, Jupiter Guest Resort, Hotel Troy, Bali’s Best Resort, Park Place Hotel, Longview Suites Hotel, Red Buffalo House Hotel, Tamarind Tree Hotel, Karen Bomas Inn, and Karen Blixen Coffee Garden & Cottages.
For the night sky lovers, the cozy Nairobi Tented Camp, the only camp within Nairobi National Park, offers the safe haven to reminisce on the day’s experiences and memories. Many of the hotels around Nairobi National Park offer comfortable and affordable accommodation as well.
If you are on vacation in Nairobi, you may also season up your stay with a quick visit to any of the other tour destinations near Nairobi National Park, which include the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (3 miles away), the Giraffe Centre (3.7 miles away), the David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage (2.9 miles away), and Karura Forest (6.5 miles away).
For those constrained by time and in too much of a hurry to traverse the park landscape, the Nairobi Safari Walk is a perfect alternative to view most of the animal species in the safety and comfort of a raised artificial walkway with an experienced tour guide