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 Nairobi
City Excursions, Lake Nakuru day trips short Safaris, day trips
Nairobi Tours
Nairobi Excursion and City Tour
NAIROBI CITY TOUR (3 Hrs)
Highlights: City Centre, Shopping areas, Parliament Buildings,
National Museum and Snake Park.
The tour covers the modern city centre, the National Museum and
the adjacent Snake Park, Parliament Buildings, the Railway Museum
where old steam locomotives are exhibited including the one from
which Superintendent John Lyall was taken from by a man-eating lion
in Tsavo in 1901. You will also visit the city market where a wide
variety of African curios and tropical fruit and flowers are on
sale, ending with a visit to the Kenyatta International Conference
Centre view-point which has a revolving restaurant.
Price per person US$45
NAIROBI NATIONAL PARK;
Highlights: Nairobi National Park Safari and Animal Orphanage.
This unique wildlife sanctuary is just a few kilometers from
Nairobi's bustling city centre but despite its proximity over 50
species of mammals can be found there including four of the 'big
five'. The tour also includes a visit to the animal orphanage where
wounded or orphaned animals are nurtured back to health. The tour
returns to the city centre by sundown.
Price per person US$140.
BOMAS OF KENYA;
Highlights: Traditional dancing and Cultural Centre
A Boma is a
homestead and just a few kilometers from Nairobi we have the Bomas
of Kenya where the day-to-day lives of the 43 different ethnic
groups in Kenya are depicted through traditional dancing, music,
song and folklore. These plus an acrobatic show are performed in a
splendid arena.
Price per person US$60
THE CARNIVORE EXPERIENCE
Highlights: Lunch or Dinner at an ideal eating spot meat
lovers set in lovely gardens outside the City Centre
This is one
of Nairobi's premier eating places and is famous as the restaurant
where you partake of both venison and various other meat that has
been prepared to international standards. Also at the same venue is
Simba Restaurant - one of the best places of entertainment in the
Kenyan city featuring both dance and wine with artists performing
from all over the world.
Price per person US$50
KAREN BLIXEN;
Highlights: Karen Blixen Museum, hand made ceramics, jewellery
making at Kazuri and the Giraffe Centre.
Drive towards Ngong Hills by passing the Ngong village to the
Karen Blixen Museum of the 'Out of Africa' fame, which was for many
years her home. Later proceed to the Giraffe Centre to view and feed
the famous Rothschild's giraffe which is an endangered species from
a specially constructed viewing - platform.
Price per person US$90
LAKE NAKURU DAY TRIP
Highlights: Rift Valley Escarpment and Game Viewing in Lake
Nakuru National Park
The 160km
drive from Nairobi passes through rolling farms of Kikuyu people
before descending the escarpment into the dramatic landscape of the
Rift Valley. After lunch enjoy an afternoon game drive which focuses
on the magnificent spectacle of thousands of flamingoes.
Day
Excursion program
- -0600hrs: Pick-up
from your hotel in Nairobi and depart for Lake Nakuru
National park via the scenic floor of the Great Rift Valley,
-1000hrs: Arrive at the Nakuru National park and
proceed for a 2hr game drive.
Lake Nakuru's claim to fame is anchored on its
flamingo's and the over 400 species of birds found here. The
lake itself is a soda lake on the floor of the rift valley.
The sight of the at times millions of flamingos is quite
spectacular. From a distance the lake appears ringed in
pink. The Lake has also earned a reputation as an important
haven for endangered species- particularly the Rothschild
Giraffe and the black and white rhino. Lions, waterbuck,
buffalo and baboons are all residents’ here
-1230hrs: Enjoy lunch at the Sarova Lion hill Lodge
-1430hrs: Further game drives then proceed to
Nairobi. To arrive by 1830 hrs; drop off at your hotel where
the day safari ends.
Price includes:
- Transport in a custom made tour Van
- Game drives as per the itinerary
- Services of a driver/guide
- Park entry fees
- Lunch at Sarova lion Hill lodge
- 1 litre Mineral water
Price Excludes
- Personal travel insurance
- Hotel accommodations in Nairobi before and after the safari
- Tipping
- Drinks
- Personal effects
- Extras not mentioned above
Price per person
US$250
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