Kenya 1 Day Trips: Kenya National Parks Day Trip
Most Kenya day trips from Nairobi involve going to a national park either within the city or around Nairobi
. All of them can however be done in a single day and involve a couple of hours driving on paved roads and about 4hrs of game drive and a picnic lunch in the park. You have an option between parks located inside the city, those that are less than 2hrs from the city and others that are atleast 3hrs from Nairobi.
Nairobi National Park Day Trip
Nairobi one day trip in Nairobi park is one of the most accessible in Kenya. Nairobi national park is located only 7km from the city center and you are always afew minutes from your Nairobi hotel room. This means that you can be able to see most of KenyaEUR(TM)s wildlife only 7 minutes from the town hotel. The park is 117 sq km in size and only fenced on one side. It has three ecological zones where you can find the animals including the dry forest, the savannah grasslands and the riverine ever green forest.
Animals in Nairobi national park can be seen in a 4hr game drive which is offered twice daily starting from 6am and again from 1:30pm. The animals in Nairobi Park are more than 100 species which include lions, hippos, rhinos, giraffes, buffalos, hyenas, cheetahs, gazelles, hartebeests, wildebeests, zebras, elands, leopards, civet cats, baboons, rock hyraxes, impalas, crocodiles and pythons. The rock hyraxes will come very close to you and share the Mokoyiet viewpoint right at your feet as the buffaloes stare at you with more than 200 eyeballs of the herd.
The park also has more than 450 species of birds including the Egyptian geese, martial eagles, vultures, crested cranes, fish eagles, kingfishers, giant herons, secretary birds, marabou storks, go way birds, blacksmith plovers, hadada ibis, hornbills, the hammerkorps, sacred ibis and many others. The fish eagle will show you how to dive at high speed and catch a fish in the river or dam while the go away bird will always warn you when there is a predator around.
Nakuru Park Day Trip from Nairobi
Nakuru national park is 160km North West of Nairobi capital and is right inside the great African rift valley. Nakuru is an alkaline lake like most of the rift lakes and is world famous as the largest bird spectacle thanks to its 2 million flamingos. The park is a renowned bird sanctuary with 450 species of birds like the giant white pelicans, giant herons, fish eagle, white breasted caucal, black smith plovers, among others.
One day Nakuru Park is also famous for its easy game drives where you get to see all the animals since the park is all fenced. The animals in this park include lions, cheetahs, hippos, rhinos, buffalos, pythons, colobus monkeys, baboons, hyenas, giraffes, zebras, leopards and many more. You will be amazed by the tree climbing lions of the park or the klipspringer antelope which lives entirely on rocky cliffs and is an ardent climber like the mountain goat.
Amboseli National Park Day Trip
Amboseli is one of the most visited day trip safaris from Nairobi. Amboseli is a 160 sq km park located 240km from Nairobi to the south west. It is also under the shadow of AfricaEUR(TM)s highest mountain, the Kilimanjaro. Amboseli is popular for its large herds of elephants that can be seen at the swamps wallowing or feeding on the water grass. The elephants in Amboseli have been studied for more than 30 years and featured in most EUR~national geographicEUR(TM) nature films and documentaries. They seen to be everywhere you look in your trip in the park.
Amboseli also offers the best views of mt Kilimanjaro and its bald shaped rocky summit with a snow covered top. The snow glitters around the white clouds and projects into the blue space above the clouds in a majestic gait that lords it over the Amboseli plains. Kilimanjaro is also the source of all the waters in Amboseli which flows in underground rivers to emerge in the park as crystal clear waters that are loved by elephants and most of the other animals.
You can book your one day Nairobi wild safari today and enjoy a full day watching Kenyas biggest animals in some of the most fun filled parks. Contact your Nairobi one day travel agent now to book a Nakuru or Amboseli park game drive tour here:
One-Day Kenya Trips by: Robert Muhuhu
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