Day trip
Nairobi National Park & City Tour
A game drive in Nairobi National Park, then the elephant orphanage, Karen Blixen Museum, Giraffe Centre and Kazuri beads.
This day tour picks you up from your Nairobi hotel at 5:30am. Tour visits the Nairobi National Park – only 7 km from the Central Business District where we search and maybe view rhino, lion, buffalo, zebra, giraffe, warthog, ostrich, cheetah, hippo and many more plains game.
Tour proceeds to the David Sheldrick baby elephant orphanage, where we view baby elephant orphans during feeding time that starts from 11am to 12 noon. We shall enjoy lunch at the Karen Blixen coffee garden or the famous Carnivore restaurant (your choice)
During the afternoon we shall visit the Karen Blixen museum to learn more on Kenya’s colonial history.
We shall then stop at the Giraffe Center where we will have a closer view and even feed the Rothschild’s Giraffes. We shall rupup the tour at the Kazuri bead center (a self help women’s project) where we watch women artisans making unique bead products.
Later drop you off at the Nairobi hotel.
Just so you may know
Driving times on safari are estimate and may vary depending on state of the road and traffic.
Tour Highlights
Nairobi national park wildlife mini-safari
David sheldrick elephant orphanage visit.
Karen Blixen museum
Giraffe centre visit
Kazuri beads factory
Lunch at Karen Blixen coffee garden/ Carnivore restaurant
The day
0630hrs: Pick up from your Nairobi hotel
Start the day tour by visiting the most accessible and yet wild and natural, Nairobi national park just a breath and sight away from the bustling Kenya capital – Nairobi city
Established in 1946 and Kenya’s first the Nairobi National Park is made up of wide open grass savannah plains.
Its scattered acacia bush is host to a wide variety of wildlife including the endangered black rhino, lions, leopards, cheetahs, hyenas, buffaloes, giraffes, bushbuck, hippopotamus and diverse birdlife with over 400 species recorded.
Stop at the David sheldrick elephant orphanage to watch in close up the nurture and feeding of orphaned elephants
Lunch at the Karen Blixen coffee garden (Tamambo restaurant)
Afternoon tour of the Karen Blixen Museum
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
Tour progresses to the Giraffe centre
The Giraffe centre is an opportunity to get up close to view giraffes as well as feed and touch them
It is a wonderful and refreshing experience
Later visit the Kazuri beads centre
This is home to handmade ceramic jewelry …
The beads and Pottery Centre provides an opportunity for shopping of original souvenir
The cottage industry literally supports hundreds of disadvantaged Kenyan women, by providing employment and healthcare services for them and their families
The main showroom and workshop are close to the Karen Blixen & Giraffe centre
Tour finishes at 1830hrs when we drop you off at your Nairobi hotel
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