
NAIROBI CITY TOUR .A 3hour guided
tour of Nairobi - a vibrant and bustling city, commences from
the city center.From a vintage point at Uhuru Park,you view the
popular city landmarks,which stands below you as a colourful park.
The tour includes the colorful upmarket and its surrounding bazaars,
Parliament buildings, Kenyatta International Conference Center,
Railway Museum and Nairobi University. The tour culminates in
a visit to the National Museum: "the Finest Small Museum
in Africa". It is well known for its wealth of display of
local interest paleontology, tribal artifacts, paintings of late
Joy Adamson, political history of Kenya, ornithological collections,
multitude of stuffed game heads, casts of fish (even a whale skeleton)
and the skeleton and fiberglass replica of 'Ahmed' - the famous
elephant from Marsabit. Snakes and reptiles can be viewed in safety
at the adjacent Snake Park.
BOMAS OF KENYA .Just a few kilometers
from the city exists an attempt of creating a living museum of
indigenous Kenyan life - The Bomas of Kenya. Here numerous homesteads
(bomas) reflecting Kenya's cocktail of cultures have been recreated
to portray the traditional lifestyles of Kenya's many tribes.
Also enjoy colorful performances by dancers which depict events
in their respective tribess is a two and a half hour tour at most.
NAIROBI NATIONAL PARK:3HRS TOUR.Nairobi National
Park is unique in that nowhere else in the world exists a wildlife
reserve with such a variety of animals and birds so close to a
major city. The Nairobi National Park is located literally within
earshot of downtown traffic. It is a small, superb park that contains
most of the animals to be seen on an extended safari - Rhino,
Buffalo, Cheetah, Zebra, Giraffe and plenty of Antelope and Gazelle.
The park also possesses a diversity of environs. Much of the park
is predominated by open plains country. However, there is a section
of highland forest as well as stretches of broken bush country,
deep, rocky valleys and gorges with scrub and long grass. At the
main entrance to the Park is the Animal Orphanage, which cares
for semi-tame, orphaned and wounded animals.
KAREN BLIXEN MUSEUM, GIRAFFE
MANOR AND OSTRICH PARK:(3HRS TOUR) At the foot of the Ngong Hills
lies the home of Karen Blixen, the famous author whose memoirs
were immortalized in the popular film "Out of Africa".
It is now preserved as a museum where visitors can travel back
in time and gain an insight into the life of this remarkable woman.
Furniture, artifacts, and photographs from her days as a pioneer
coffee farmer are on display.Afterwards continue top the Giraffe
Manor- a rare opportunity of literary coming face to face with
Africa's tallest animal, the giraffe. Feed Daisy, the famous Rothschild
giraffe and her family and learn about the success story of the
once endangered Rothschild Giraffe. Entrance fee contributes to
other conservation projects in Kenya.A short distance to the nearby
Ostrich Park provides the opportunity to see the breeding of ostriches
from eggs to full grown-ups.
THE CARNIVORE EXPERIENCE:A Brazilian style restaurant
that offers a menu famous for exotic charcoal grilled meat including
wild game such as crocodile, zebra, eland and wildebeest in addition
to succulent lamb, beef, chicken and pork dishes all roasted on
skewers over a huge wood fire. A must for meat lovers.Cuisine
extraordinary for the outgoing type and it’s a 2hour food
exploration.

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