Nairobi Excursions

Transwest Events and Tours Organizers has readily available day excursions to fit clients with limited time. Excursions range from learning the rich history on a Nairobi City tour, touring nearby park for wildlife viewing or bird watching experience and a chance to sample rich cultural diversity possessed by Africa communities.

We will be glad to organize for you a day or two days Itinerary with Visits to the following places in Nairobi.

David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage, Giraffe Centre & Karen Blixen Museum

A morning excursion to this extraordinary enterprise named after David Sheldrick, who for 30 years run Tsavo East National Park was founded to nurture orphaned elephant calves. The orphanage is now run by his widow, Dalphane, a conservationist who was the first to successfully raise baby elephants.

Some few minute drive is the Giraffe Centre. The centre is home to unique and endangered Rothschild Giraffe. The centre is run by the African Fund for Endangered Wildlife (AFEW) and is dedicated to educating schoolchildren, pupil and students on the need for wildlife preservation. This noble idea has pulled not only local Kenyan but also the visiting tourists. More than 160 species of birds have been identified in the 147-acre sanctuary. The centre has a coffee/tea house and gift shop stocked with giraffe mementos.

Next stop is the Karen Blixen Museum. The Museum stands on Out of Africa author Karen Blixen who lived in this estate from 1913-31. This is where she threw a grand dinner party for the Prince of Wales and she carried on a torrid relationship with aviator Denys Finch Hatton. The museum contains a few of her belongings and some of the farm machinery she used to cultivate the land for coffee and tea. There’s also some of her furniture, but most of it is found in the Macmillan Memorial Library. There is a magnificent view of the surrounding hills-Ngong Hills from her lawn, which is dominated by Euphorbia, the many-armed plant widely known as the Candelabra cactus.

Nairobi Animal Orphanage/Nairobi Safari Walk & Bomas of Kenya
Mid-morning visit to the Nairobi Animal Orphanage/Safari Walk. The animal orphanage has animals put in cages rescued from various wildlife parks and reserves being taken care of in the orphanage after recovery they are taken back to the field. 

The Nairobi Safari walk is a conservation education facility designed to enhance visitors’ appreciation of the East Africa flora and fauna. It’s a showcase of Kenya’s vast natural diversity. Kenya’s three main ecosystems, the wetlands, savannahs and forests are represented here with their inhabitants. Animals in the safari walk are kept in their natural habitat. In the safari walk one is able to see all the other big five except the elephant.

Next stop is the neighbouring Bomas of Kenya. This is a cultural centre where will get a chance to glimpse of the lifestyles of the various communities/tribal peoples in Kenya at this collection of traditional bomas, or homesteads. This cultural center features a lively performance by the Harambee traditional dancers and the Jambo Jambo acrobats with there more entertaining and authentic dances. Apart from the traditional dances a chance sample some of the Kenya’s Traditional huts built in the Bomas grounds.

Nairobi National Park/Giraffe centre/Mamba Village and Ostrich Park

This involves a Morning game drive in search for wildlife in the park then  later visit the Giraffe centre then to Mamba Village.

Nairobi National Park

This is the only park in the world with close proximity to the capital city. The park covers  approximately 114sq km area. The park hosts many wild animals such as lions, buffalo, cheetahs, zebras, leopard, Masai giraffe, as well as several types of antelopes (impalas , Thompson gazelle as well as grants gazelle) .Nairobi also has over 400 species of birds.

Also Get a chance to feed the Rothschild Giraffe with pellets at the Giraffe centre

Mamba Village/ Ostrich Park

These are located just up the road from the bomas of Kenya off the langata road. Its always thrilling to watch the crocodile families beside their shallow pools. Feeding time is quite a spectable as the attendants walk into the crocodiles enclosures to toss chunks of meat(rotten) into their mouths . One can also do a boat ride to the ostrich park in the manmade lake where you could watch the ostrich birds

Ngong Hills Forest Sanctuary

The Ngong hills stand 25kms south east of  Nairobi on the very edge of  the great rift valley. Rising to 2460 metres they form a natural divide between small-scale farming developments on the Nairobi side and the arid floor of the riftvalley where Masai Graze their herds.  A walk along the grasy crest of the hills rewards you with views of both the city, Nairobi National Park,as well as the great rift valley.

Railway Museum/Nairobi National Museum/Snake Park

The Railway museum is located off the Uhuru Highway in the city centre . It represents the historical growth of Kenya through the construction of the Mombasa-Kisumu railway line. The museum  offers a resource centre, main gallery as well as outdoor collection of the steam engines built at the turn of the century. The carriages are full of historical photographs and relics from the time when railway construction workers arrived in Nairobi. In the workshop you will find the steam locomotives as well as carriage used during the hunt for the man-eaters (lions) in Tsavo which waited for the hunters to sleep then darg them away for the dinner. The visit to this park offers such a fascinating experience with stories on humble beginnings of Nairobi.

The National Museum is one of the Nairobi’s most popular attractions; the museum has extensive collections in mammology, ornithology, palaeontology, ichthyology, and ethnography. On the prehistory section, some of the Meave and Richard Leakey are housed here in the Hominid Vault, and there are reproductions of the rock art uncovered by Mary Leakey. There are also excellent paints by the Joy Adamson, better known as the author of Born Free. At the courtyard, the life-size statue of the Ahmed, famous for his 300 pound tusks. The pachyderm was protected by presidential decree until his death in 1974.

Down outside stairs is the Reptile Park, at the park a close look to some of the poisonous snakes like; Africa-Black Mamba, Puff adder, Rock Python, Gaboon and Mount Kenya Horned Vipers, Egyptian and Black-necked Spitting cobras, Boomslang, Speckled sand snake, as well as non-poisonous the Sand Boa.

Nile crocodile (Mature and juvenile), Alligator, Monitor Lizard, Terrapins and Tortoise are also in the park. An aquarium displays marine and freshwater fish.

Based on above; Nairobi has so much to offer, therefore a 1-3days itinerary for Nairobi would be good to experience all the above. Sidetrips from Nairobi can also be organized to Lake Naivasha Kenya, Lake Nakuru, Lake Bogoria, Lake Baringo,The Masai Mara game reserve, The Amboseli National Park as well as The Tsavo east and West National Parks. 

All our trips are tailored to our guests' specifications-so no two trips will ever be alike. Whatever your special interest, we have something that will meet your needs. We do all the research, plan your itinerary, provide necessary information, and cover all details-all you need is pack your bag and prepare for the African vacation of a lifetime.

Send your inquiries to Transwest Events and Tours Organizers and you rest assured of an experience beyond expectations.

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