subject: Nairobi Day Excursions: Nairobi National Park Day Excursion Tour [print this page] The Nairobi National Park day excursion is one of the best way to spend a day in the city after or before your business meeting. Nairobi national park half day tours are offered in the morning and afternoon and you can take it at any time that you want. The excursion includes a 4hr game drive in the park to see the many animals in this park within the city boundaries. Nairobi is the only capital city in the world with a national park.
Nairobi Park is a small park with an area of 117 sq km and is only fenced on one side. The park is only 7 minutes from your Nairobi hotel and itEUR(TM)s the most accessible park in the country. You are only minutes away from viewing wildlife in the natural wilderness. The park has three habitats including the savannah grasslands, the dry forest and the riverine forest with its green trees. All animals are located in each of these areas depending on their feeding and habitat requirements.
The animals to be found in Nairobi national park include the lions, hippos, rhinos, giraffes, buffalos, hyenas, cheetahs, gazelles, hartebeests, wildebeests, zebras, elands, leopards, civet cats, baboons, rock hyraxes, impalas, crocodiles and pythons. The animals are easy to spot since the park is not too big and a 4hr game drive is more than enough to cover most of this park.
Nairobi national park also has over 400 bird species 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 birds can be found in the bushes while others are mostly found near dams and the river. Make sure to see the hammerkorps nest which is the second largest nest for any bird. The crested cranes are majestic and you might see their vigorous mating dance. Or meet an ostrich mating pair with the male ostrich dancing and twisting its neck red.
You will be picked from your Nairobi hotel for the day tour either at 6am or at 1:30pm from the tour and drive to the park. You will be using a safari minivan with a pop up roof top to be able to see the wildlife while standing. The game drive takes a circuit around the park and you will make stops in some areas like the ivory burning monument, the kingfisher picnic site, the Mokoyiet valley view point and a walking trail tour with a guide.
If you want a longer day trip, you may consider going for a full day safari to Nakuru park to see the 2 million flamingos and tree climbing lions and large sized pythons. Lake Nakuru Park is one of the biggest bird spectacle in the world and a paradise for any bird watching birder. Amboseli park day tour is another option where you go to see the hundreds of elephants in this park and a view of AfricaEUR(TM)s highest mountain peak-the Kilimanjaro. Mt Longonot is also a shorter day trip from Nairobi where you can go for a 3hr hiking trip to this volcanic mountain on the floor of the rift valley with a beautiful inside the crater. You later have an optional boat ride in the lake Naivasha.
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: Nairobi One-Day Excursions
