“The World’s only Wildlife Capital”
A short drive out of Nairobi’s central business district is the Nairobi National Park. Wide-open grass plains and backdrop of the city scrapers scattered acacia bush play host to a wide variety of wildlife including the endangered black rhino, lions, leopards, cheetahs, hyenas, buffaloes, giraffes, and a diverse birdlife with over 400 species recorded. Visitors can enjoy the park’s picnic sites, three campsites, and the walking trails for hikers.
Key features
Wildlife
- Animals include buffalo, giraffe, lion, leopard, baboon, zebra, wildebeest, and cheetah-100 mammal species.
- 400 migratory and endemic bird species.
Picnic Facilities
For corporate events, bush dinners, weddings, picnics, team building sessions, video and film production
- Mokoyiet,
- King Fisher
- historic ivory burning site
- Impala
Climate
January-March is hot and dry, April-June is hot and wet, and July-October is very warm and wet.
How to get there
Always consider Erideka Safaris Kenya for an amazing package for Nairobi National Park.
Attractions
- The only Wildlife Park in the world that is so close to the city
- Black rhinoceros: which is an endangered species
- The first park to be gazetted in Kenya on December 16, 1946
- Major rhino sanctuary for breeding and restocking other parks
- Diverse birdlife: Has over 400 bird species. At least 20 of them are seasonal European migrants.
- Home to over 100 mammal species, four of the Big Five (lion, buffalo, leopard, and rhino)
- Has a spectacular wildebeest and zebra migration.
- Large predators- lion, leopard, hyena and cheetah.
- Aggregations of large herbivores- eland, buffalo, zebra and wildebeest
- Ivory Burning Site Monument
- Walking trails at hippo pools
- Nairobi Safari Walk & the Orphanage.
- Spacious accommodating picnic sites
