Kenya is full of wildlife and safari's provide an excellent possibility to view animals in their natural habitat. There are plenty of big and famous game parks such as Maasai Mara (Serengeti on Tanzania side), but we also have a great safari park right around the corner.
The Nairobi National Park is right next to Nairobi city center and airport, south side of the town. The park covers an area of 117.21 square kilometres and is small in comparison to most of Africa's national parks, but it provides plenty to see for one day. The National Park was officially opened in Christmas 1946 although it had been there prior to that, and it was the first national park of East Africa.
The best time to go to the park is early in the morning, as most animals including the lions are active then. As it takes about 45 minutes to get there from our home and sun rises at 6:20am, it means getting up at 5 the latest.
The Nairobi National Park is right next to Nairobi city center and airport, south side of the town. The park covers an area of 117.21 square kilometres and is small in comparison to most of Africa's national parks, but it provides plenty to see for one day. The National Park was officially opened in Christmas 1946 although it had been there prior to that, and it was the first national park of East Africa.
Major wildlife attractions at the park are the Black rhino, lion, leopard, cheetah, hyena, buffaloes, Giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, elands, baboons, and hundreds and hundreds of birds. There are no elephants in this national park, but four of the "Big Five" can be seen here (lions, leopards, buffalo and rhinos).
The best time to go to the park is early in the morning, as most animals including the lions are active then. As it takes about 45 minutes to get there from our home and sun rises at 6:20am, it means getting up at 5 the latest.
We had a great time at the park, we spent almost 7 hours there and it was a constant parade of different animals. Just when you thought you had seen it all something new came up. We did not unfortunately see the lions (apparently they had killed a giraffe the previous night, and must have been having a feast near the corpse) but saw so much it was unreal. And when I say seeing the animals, I mean on close proximity.
It is hard to say which was our favorite. Some of the more rare ones we saw were jackal cubs and of course the rhino. The giraffes, antilopes and zebra's were really cute and entertaining. Baboons and crocodiles wild and crazy. We also saw lizards and a dung beetle pushing a perfect dung ball (plenty of animals droppings everywhere).
We'll definitely visit the park often, so much fun and so close to our home!
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