Many visitors to Kenya head straight from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to their safari and beach destinations, spending little time in Nairobi.
So many places to Visit
For some however, spending a day or two in the capital is a good way to begin a holiday in Kenya, providing a useful introduction to the country at large. Among places to visit while in Nairobi includes; Giraffe Centre, Karen Blixen,Nairobi Museum, Karura Forest, Railway Museum, Bomas of Kenya and NairobiNational Park – the only park within a City in the world.
Places to Visit on a Day Trip
We mostly use the community neighboring the area as Guides/Rangers in the tours/hikes For the Hiking trips they are divided in two for speedy and leisurely Hikers who prefer walking slowly watching birds or enjoying nature. Below is a list of places worthy paying a visit.
Ngong Forest Sanctuary is one of only very few forests in the world that exists within a city. Only 6
kilometers from Nairobi's central business district, the forest is a
The Ol Donyo Orok Mountain also called Namanga Hills is situated in southern Kenya to the Tanzanian border in the Namanga Division. The mountain is a stretched triangular shape, almost
The name Longonot is derived from the Maasai word Oloonong’ot meaning mountains of many spurs or steep ridges. Longonot Park is 90 km from Nairobi and covers 52 square km, most of it
Mt Suswa is a magnificent extinct volcano in the Rift Valley. It is famed for the many caves on its E slopes, which are all easy to access and none
Menengai crater (2490mhigh), is enormous, about 12 km across and 500m deep, situated on the Northernside of Nakuru. It is the second largest surviving volcanic crater in the world, with
Mau Eburu forest is one of the 22 gazette forest blocks that comprise the vast 420,000 hectare Mau Forest Complex, within Kenya’s Rift Valley. The Eburu forest area covers 8715.3 hectares
Kona Baridi/Magadi Road/ Olorgesaille Prehistoric Site
Your first birding stop if the weather permits will be the Ngong Hills at Kona Baridi. From here, you have good views of the Great Rift Valley and Nairobi. Bird species
Lake Elementaita (derived from the Maasai word, muteita meaning “dust place”) is a beautiful soda lake in the Great Rift Valley, located some 130 km from Nairobi, between Lake Nakuru
The Kinale hill ‘miniature’ of Mt Longonot lies on the floor of the rift valley adjacent to Kikuyu Escarpment. The hill rises at an altitude of 2500 meters above sea
Located in the northern part of Nairobi city, Karura Forest is 1,041 hectares, making it one of the largest urban gazetted forests in the world. It’s managed by Kenya Forest Service in conjunction with Friends of Karura
Gatamaiyu Forest is a remnant of the Kereita Forest which is an extension of the Aberdares forest. It’s also the source of Nairobi River, an Important Bird Area for the birding
Gatamaiyu Forest is a remnant of the Kereita Forest which is an extension of the Aberdares forest. It’s also the source of Nairobi River, an Important Bird Area for the birding
The Ol Donyo Sabuk mountain, also known as Kilimambogo or Buffalo Mountain, situated about 85km north-east of Nairobi, and about 25km east of Thika town. It covers an area of