Nairobi National Park Day Tour

The Nairobi National Park Day Tour is an action-packed half-day safari just minutes from the city. Beginning at either 0600 Hours (morning session) or 1400 Hours (afternoon session), this guided game drive offers the rare opportunity to experience Kenya’s incredible wildlife within sight of Nairobi’s skyline.

Conducted in a 4×4 safari Land Cruiser or open-roof safari van, the safari begins with pickup from your hotel, followed by a short 20-minute drive (7 km from Downtown Nairobi) to the Nairobi National Park entrance. Once inside the park, your adventure starts in the untamed African bush, home to a rich variety of mammals, birds, and habitats.

Nairobi National Park Day Safari Highlights

✔ Guided 5-hour game drive in a 4×4 safari Land Cruiser or open-roof safari van
✔ Close-up encounters with four of the Big Five (lion, leopard, buffalo, and rhino)
✔ Nairobi National Park’s famous black and white rhinos – one of Kenya’s most successful sanctuaries
✔ Over 80 species of mammals, including giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, hippos, cheetahs, jackals, hyenas, and elands
✔ A birdwatcher’s paradise with over 520 bird species recorded, including eagles, cranes, storks, hornbills, and ostriches
✔ Optional visits to the Elephant Orphanage, Nairobi Safari Walk, or Animal Orphanage (at extra cost)
✔ Scenic picnic stops at designated sites such as Impala Observation Point, Kingfisher Picnic Site, Ivory Burning Site, and Hippo Pools
✔ Panoramic views of wide-open plains against the dramatic backdrop of Nairobi’s city skyscrapers

Nairobi National Park Day Tour Itinerary

Morning Session

✔ 0530 Hours – Pickup from your hotel or residence
✔ 0600 Hours – Arrive at Nairobi National Park entrance
✔ 0615 – 1045 Hours – Extensive morning game drive through the park’s plains, forests, and wetlands
✔ 1100 – 1200 Hours – Optional visit to the Baby Elephant Orphanage (extra cost)
✔ 1200 Hours – Drop-off at your hotel or restaurant of choice (lunch optional, extra cost)

Afternoon Session

✔ 1400 Hours – Pickup from your hotel or residence
✔ 1445 Hours – Arrive at Nairobi National Park entrance
✔ 1500 – 1800 Hours – Afternoon game drive, with optional visit to the Nairobi Animal Orphanage or Safari Walk (extra cost)
✔ 1830 Hours – Drop-off at your hotel, residence, or restaurant (meals optional, extra cost)

Wildlife in Nairobi National Park

Nairobi National Park is home to an astonishing diversity of wildlife, including over 80 species of mammals and four of the Big Five: lion, leopard, buffalo, and rhino (with more than 60 black rhinos).

Other species commonly seen include:

✔ Primates – olive baboon, vervet monkey, Syke’s monkey
✔ Predators – cheetah, hyena, jackal, and occasionally leopard and lion
✔ Rare sightings – Chanler’s Mountain reedbuck, serval cats, and caracals
✔ Herbivores – giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, impala, hartebeest (kongoni), Grant’s and Thomson’s gazelles, eland, waterbuck, warthog, hippopotamus, and crocodiles

The park’s habitats range from savannah grasslands, woodlands, rocky gorges, wetlands, rivers, and acacia bush, supporting more than 100 species of indigenous plants.

Birdlife in Nairobi National Park

Bird enthusiasts will be delighted with Nairobi National Park’s remarkable 520+ recorded bird species – more than in the whole of the British Isles.

Notable species include:

✔ Large birds – Maasai ostrich, Grey crowned crane, Kori bustard, Saddle-billed stork, Goliath heron, Spur-winged goose
✔ Raptors – Martial eagle, African crowned eagle, Augur buzzard, Secretarybird, Tawny eagle, Bateleur, Gabar goshawk, African fish eagle
✔ Other species – Lilac-breasted roller, Super starling, Violet wood-hoopoe, Nairobi pipit, Desert cisticola, Dwarf bittern, African darter, Northern pied babbler

Nairobi National Park Day Tour Rates Include:

Professional English-speaking guides + All entry fees, service charges, and taxes + Game driving at Nairobi National Park Guided Tour & Pickup from your hotel in Nairobi and drop-off to your hotel

Notes

* Nairobi National Park is Open Daily (including public holidays) from 0600 Hours to 1900 Hours
* This tour departs daily from Nairobi Hotels, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, or any point within Nairobi

Nairobi National Park Day Tour Rates Do Not Include:

* Drinks
* Tips or gratuity
* Travelers Insurance
* Communication charges
* Minimum of one person required
* Visas, international airfares, and airport taxes; meals
* Sightseeing not included in the package; optional activities
* Personal expenses such as transfers to/ from the airport (supplement airport transfer cost applies for tours starting from the airport)

Nairobi National Park full or half-day tour is a 4-5 hour guided game drive through the Nairobi National Park. The park is located about 7 km (4.3 miles) from Nairobi’s central business district and is the only protected area in the world that is close to a capital city.

It was the first national park established in Kenya (1946) and has an area of 45 square miles (117 km²), lying about 5,000–6,000 feet (1,500–1,800 meters) above sea level. The park has over 80 species of mammals and more bird species than can be found in the whole of the British Isles.

Nairobi National Park has a diverse range of habitats, including savannah grasslands, open woodland, scrub, bush thickets, and dry and wetland forests. Other features include rocky gorges, wetlands, rivers, and streams. The Park has a prominently diverse indigenous flora comprising plants of more than 100 species.

Nairobi National Park’s vast open grass plains and backdrop of the city skyscrapers, and scattered acacia bush play host to a wide variety of wildlife, including four of the big five mammals (Lion, Buffalo, Leopard, and Rhino – more than 60 black rhinos).

Other animals to be encountered on a day tour include eland, impala, Grant’s and Thomson’s gazelles, Kongoni, zebra, wildebeest, Warthog, Maasai giraffe, Olive baboon, Syke’s monkey, Vervet monkey, cheetah, Chanler’s Mountain reedbuck,  hippopotami, crocodiles, and a diverse birdlife with over 400 species recorded.

Notable Birds in Nairobi National Park include Maasai Ostrich, African Darter, African Finfoot, Dwarf Bittern, Goliath Heron, Saddle-billed Stork, Spur-winged Goose, African Crowned Eagle, Secretarybird, African Fish Eagle, Ruppell’s Griffon Vulture, Black-chested Snake-Eagle, Gabar Goshawk, Augur Buzzard, Tawny Eagle, Bateleur, Grey crowned Crane, and the Kori Bustard, among others.

There are several designated picnic sites within the park, where you are entitled to get out of your vehicle, in the Nairobi National Park day tour, and these include Impala Observation Point, Ivory Burning Site, Kingfisher Picnic Site, Mokoyeti Picnic Site, Hippo Pools, and Nature Trail shaded picnic area.

The Nairobi National Park tour begins at 0600 Hours or 1400 Hours. The tour returns to the city centre at lunch hour or sundown. An early start in the morning helps in scoring more species, so picking up from the hotel/lodge is advisable to be early in the morning, 0600 hours to be precise. The park opens at 0630 hours and closes at 1630 hours.

The cost of the day tour includes transport, park entrance fees, bottled water, and services of a local professional bird guide.

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