Place to Visit: Nairobi National Park

Kenya's First Park

Central Highlands & Rift Valley, Kenya

Nairobi National Park is totally unique. Where else in the world can you find rhino and giraffe, rivers full of hippo and crocodile and prides of lion, all living wild and free within a twenty minute drive of the city centre? This was Kenya’s first National Park and it remains a National treasure. The park is 113 square kms of open plains spectacular cliffs, rivers, dams and acacia forest.

Great Reasons To Visit

  • Birdlife is prolific with over 400 species recorded. There is an abundance of plains game and predators alike.
  • Spend a while at the riverside - a sizeable population of hippos and crocodiles are resident there.

Background

The Park is an ongoing demonstration of man’s ability to co-exist harmoniously with nature. There is an excellent information centre at the Main Gate. The Park can only be accessed by Private, hired or safari vehicles. The park headquarters are located by the main Langata gate. This complex is also the Headquarters of the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS).

Relaxing

A visit to Nairobi National Park in itself is relaxing after the noise and traffic of Nairobi. Take a picnic and spent a day in the Park.

Nairobi National Park

Birdlife is prolific with over 400 species recorded. There is an abundance of plains game and predators alike. The sight of large herds of buffalo, strolling ostrich and stalking cheetah, all with a backdrop of thriving modern Nairobi, is an unforgettable one.

The rolling plains are home to large herds of zebra and gazelle. Lions thrive here, and cheetah and rhino are often seen. The rivers have a sizeable population of hippos and crocodiles.

Nairobi Animal Orphanage

Young cheetah yawning

Central Highlands & Rift Valley, Kenya

Just within the gates of Nairobi National Park is the Nairobi Animal Orphanage. This is a rescue and rehabilitation centre for orphaned and injured wildlife rescued from around Kenya. The orphanage is...

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