subject: Nairobi 1 Day Trips: Nairobi National Park Day Trip Safari [print this page] The Nairobi park day trip is offered twice in a day departing either at 6am in the morning or at 1:30pm in the afternoon. The Nairobi national park day trip is one of the most convenient ways to watch wildlife within the city centre boundaries. These game drives are rich and you will see many animals and birds as well. The park is also ideal for people that want to do a short transit tour in Nairobi from JKIA on a transit visa.
Nairobi national park one day trip is a 4hr game drive in the park which is only 7 minutes from the city centre. The park is only fenced on one side and this means that wildlife are free to move in and out as they wish. The park is 117 sq km in size and has over 100 species of animals and over 450 migrant and resident bird types.
The animals of Nairobi national park include the lions, hippos, rhinos, giraffes, buffalos, hyenas, warthogs, cheetahs, gazelles, hartebeests, wildebeests, zebras, elands, jackals, leopards, civet cats, baboons, rock hyraxes, impalas, crocodiles and pythons. Rhinos are easy to see with some effort in this park and there are known places where you cannot miss a rhino.
There are many birds in this park which include the Egyptian geese, martial eagles, vultures, crested cranes, fish eagles, kingfishers, giant herons, secretary birds, marabou storks, go way birds, blacksmith plovers, hadada ibis, shrikes, hornbills, the hammerkorps, sacred ibis and many others. The go away birds are known for giving alarm to grazers when a predator is approaching. The hammerkop is known to build the largest nest by a small bird and the martial eagle for its powerful talons that can snatch a gazelle fawn, a dog or a cheetah cub.
Your Nairobi half day trip includes some stops at famous places like the kingfisher picnic site, ivory burning site, the view point, the Mokoyiet valley view point and picnic ground and the river walking trail. The Mokoyiet valley view point is very picturesque and you get to share the view point with some friendly rock hyraxes which are not scared by humans. The river walking trail needs armed escort and you can see the crocodiles in the river and turtles.
You can also go for a full day Nairobi day trip to Amboseli to see the highest mountain in Africa and the hundreds of swimming elephants and the red ochre colored Masai living together with these animals. Amboseli is 240km from Nairobi but the day trip is worth all the mileage you will cover by road.
You can also go to Lake Nakuru national park and see the world largest bird spectacle of more than 2 million flamingos and the resident rhinos and tree climbing lions. Nakuru is only 160km from Nairobi and is a shorter day trip than Amboseli. Another alternative is the mt Longonot hiking trip which is a mountain climbing adventure and a boat riding trip to Lake Naivasha for the adventurous.
You can book your one day Nairobi national park wild safari today and enjoy a morning or afternoon watching Kenyas biggest animals just 10 minutes away from your hotel room. Contact your Nairobi one day travel agent now to book a Nairobi park game drive and either Nakuru, Amboseli or mt Longonot tour here: Nairobi One Day-Trips
