Nairobi: National Park & Elephant Orphanage Half-Day Tour

Nairobi Tourist Attractions

The city’s vibrant streets are filled with bustling markets and colorful bazaars, offering one of the best places in East Africa for souvenir hunting. The commercial and cultural centre of Kenya, Nairobi has a good selection of tourist attractions, including Africa’s biggest ice rink and several fine museums.

Giraffe Centre Day Tour | Nairobi Day Tour

One of the places you may want to visit is Africa Fund for Endangered Wildlife’s famously known as The Giraffe Centre. The centre has pioneered an innovative breeding programme that’s helping to grow the population of the endangered Rothschild giraffe in the wild. You’ll learn more about this fascinating animal and the breeding project as you get up close and personal with the giraffes from the centre’s raised walkway.

Daphne & David Sheldrick’s Elephant Animal Orphanage Nairobi Day Tour

Boasting boundless energy, Nairobi is a city like no other with a pulsing nightlife and a variety of excellent restaurants. For a unique wildlife experience, visit the Daphne & David Sheldrick’s Elephant Animal Orphanage – ideal for a day trip. Here orphaned baby elephants amongst other animals are taken care of by a dedicated team of conservationists and you’ll have the opportunity to get close to them and see elephants playing and being fed.

[alert-note]As with any capital city, Nairobi accommodation options are abundant ranging from luxurious hotels to more affordable lodges, to suit each traveller’s unique taste and budget. Ideally located, Nairobi serves as a great pit stop before or after your trip to Masai Mara and Amboseli National Park.[/alert-note]

Karen Blixen Museum

Karen Blixen Museum is the farmhouse of the late Karen Blixen, author of Out of Africa, where she lived from 1914 to 1931. The lovely colonial house has been preserved as a museum and is set in beautiful gardens. A lovely place to wander around or sit and rest.

Langata Giraffe Centre

Run by the African Fund for Endangered Wildlife. Here you can observe, hand-feed or even kiss endangered Rothchild’s giraffes from a raised circular wooden structure, which is quite an experience. There is an interesting display of information about giraffes and very informative park guides. The gift shop is wonderful.

Nairobi Arboretum

The 80-acre site is home to over 350 species of trees. It is a green and vibrant public space with a network of walking trails and picnic sites. The arboretum provides a wonderful oasis in the middle of bustling Nairobi.

Nairobi National Museum

Nairobi National Museum is housed in an imposing building amid lush, leafy grounds- The gardens are peppered with random sculptures- with a good range of cultural and natural history exhibits. One of the major attractions is the Peoples of Kenya series of tribal portraits by Born Free author Joy Adamson. The museum contains an excellent Gallery of East African Art where local artists display and sell their work.

Olorgasaile Prehistoric Site

Olorgasaile Prehistoric Site was first explored in 1919 and Louis Leakey continued the excavation in the 1940s. There are still digs there today which can be visited along with the museum’s fine collection of fossils and stone tools.

Tea Farm

Tea is one of the largest Kenyan exports, ranking Kenya as the third-largest tea exporter in the world! A tea farm visit provides a representation of Kenya during the colonial period, and most plantation owners/operators are third-generation British Kenyans. Time spent at the farm includes garden and trail walks, a fine-dining experience, and an interactive historical discussion with the farm owners.

Amani

Amani is “a sewing and reconciliation project for marginalized women in Africa.” The fifty women working for Amani represent 18 different ethnic groups from all across central and eastern Africa. All income generated by the project is used for operational expenses and provides for the needs of the women and their families. Meet some of the women while viewing and purchasing their exquisite sewn goods, including bags, accessories and home décor.

Kazuri Beads

Kazuri, the Swahili word for “small and beautiful,” is a bead factory that employs over 340 single women that design and make beautiful handmade ceramic jewelry and other small products to be sold both locally around Nairobi and internationally. A visit to the Kazuri bead factory includes a detailed tour of the facility, introductions to some of the women and men working for Kazuri, and a stop in the store for some shopping!

Kibera Paper

Kibera Paper is a paper production project that employs 24 women from Kibera, the largest slum in Nairobi. These women individually craft and sell cards on recycled material to support their families. Visitors are shown how to make paper and given the opportunity to create their very own card! Shopping does take place!

Wamunyu Woodcarvers

Wamunyu wood carvers cooperative was founded in 1918. Woodcarving has become an art form and way of life for about 2000 carvers who are members of the coop. Come meet the carvers, see them work, and shop in their massive warehouse. Their wares are sold all over Kenya and their products are said to be the best in the country.

Lake Naivasha

With shores fringed with papyrus and yellow-barked acadias, and fresh water that supports protected hippo populations, fish eagles and a blossoming horticultural industry, Lake Naivasha’s beauty is as undeniable as is its importance to the region. A vast range of plains animals and a plethora of bird life have long called the verdant shoreline home, as have the Maasai, who consider it prime grazing land. Hippo safaris by boat and walk-abouts get you close to the animals, bird and plant life.

Lake Nakuru National Park

With a pink sea of flamingos lapping at its shores, rich areas of grassland, euphorbia and acacia forests, and rocky cliffs supporting a myriad of animal and bird species, there’s little doubt why Lake Nakuru is one of Kenya’s most popular national parks. The 180 square kilometer park supports lions, warthogs, waterbucks and buffaloes, gazelles, leopards, hippos, endangered Rothchild’s giraffes, and black and white rhinos, entertaining baboons and of course, the parks claim to fame- the pink flamingos.

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