Nairobi
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Overview
Nairobi, Kenya's capital and biggest city, has for some time been the doorway to some of Africa's best adventures. However, this dynamic city has a lot of energizing activities to do before you head out on a safari, or you may even experience one right in the heart of the city. A mere 15-minute drive from the skyscrapers of the city center, you can enjoy a classic African wildlife experience at Nairobi National Park as it is one of the few cities in the world with a Game Park within its borders.
It is also a city where you can really learn about Kenya, whether you are keen on colonial history, Kenyan freedom, or present day life in Kenya's capital city. From the lavish rural areas to the busy Central Business District to Africa’s largest slum area, Nairobi is a multi-faceted city worth exploring.
Attractions
Nairobi has a lot of visitor attractions, including museums, wildlife attractions, markets, cultural performances, parks, hiking trails, and great dining options. If you are interested in African art, wildlife, music, history, hiking, crafts, food, gardens, or shopping, you are sure to find something of interest to do and see in the city.
Here are places worth touring in Kenya's capital..
Giraffe Centre
At the Giraffe Centre, on the edge of Nairobi National Park, visitors can come face to face with endangered Rothschild's giraffes. This is a non-profit centre and its main mission is to provide conservation education for children.
The visitor centre displays information about these graceful creatures, and a raised stage allows you to feed them at eye level with specially prepared pellets.
In the wake of communing with these long-lashed marvels, you can enjoy a 1.5-kilometer self-guided forest walk in the adjacent nature reserve.
Karen Blixen Museum
One of Nairobi's top vacation spots, the Karen Blixen Museum, at the foot of the Ngong Slopes, is the previous home of the popular namesake Out of Africa author. Karen Blixen, alias Isak Dinesen, resided in the house from 1917 to 1931, where she ran a coffee plantation.
Today, you can visit the well-preserved colonial farmhouse, a kitchen in a separate building, a coffee-drying plant in the woodland, and a horticultural school on the grounds.
Furniture that belonged to Karen Blixen and her significant other is in plain view, as well as photos and books claimed by Karen and her darling, Denys Finch Hatton. Enthusiastic guides bring the story of Karen Blixen and colonial Kenya to life.
Nairobi Museum
The National Museum in Nairobi is an instructive method for putting in a couple of hours on the city visit. The museum displays diverse social natural history exhibits including more than 900 stuffed birds and vertebrates, fossils from Lake Turkana, ethnic presentations from different Kenyan tribal groups, and exhibits of local art.
In the Geography Exhibition, you can investigate an amazing collection of rocks and minerals. The Hominid Vault contains a collection of prehistoric bones and fossils including the preserved fossil of an African elephant.
At the museum, guests can buy blend tickets, which incorporate access to the nearby Snake Park with live specimens of Kenya's most common reptiles.
Bomas of Kenya
Around 10 kilometers from Nairobi, Bomas of Kenya is a living exhibition hall commending the brilliant clans of Kenya. This is an incredible spot to find out about the way of life, workmanship, music, specialties, and culture of every clan.
The complex encompasses a recreated traditional village with homesteads or bomas, each mirroring the way of life of a significant ethnic group. Every afternoon, a team performs traditional dances and songs in the large theater. Audience participation makes the performances even more enjoyable.
Kenya International Conference Centre
Named after the Republic's First President, Jomo Kenyatta, the distinctive cylindrical Kenya International Conference Centre (KICC) offers breathtaking 360-degree views from its rooftop viewing deck.
The structure is a universally acclaimed venue for conferences, gatherings, and displays, and it's an eye-catching milestone in the city. However not the tallest structure in Kenya, it overwhelms the horizon with a 28-story tower overlooking a large amphitheater.
Railway Museum
The Railway Museum in Nairobi commends the rich history of the railroad in Kenya and its effect on the country's turn of events. Among the historical center's interesting visitors are train and boat models, photos from the first development of the Uganda Rail line, rail route magazines, guides and drawings, and a silver service set used on overnight trains to Mombasa.
An assortment of steam trains and rolling stock are likewise on display, including a model of the MV Liemba, built by the Germans and still in use along Lake Tanganyika.
A most loved show is the carriage utilized during the hunt for the Maneater of Kima in 1900. Commander Charles Ryall, a frontier official, situated himself in the carriage to shoot the man-eating lion; sadly he nodded off and was hauled through the window by the lion.
National Archives
You'll find a little bit of everything about Kenya at this exhibition hall. Housed in the old Bank of India building, the National Archives spotlights Kenyan ancestral culture, as well as the nation's specialty, history, and politics
Canvases and antiques from the collection of Joseph Murumbi, quite possibly Africa's most well known collectors, rule the displays. The primary floor exhibition shows verifiable reports and an assortment of photos.
The subsequent floor houses more workmanship, a presentation of postage stamps, and the National Archives reading room, which is used for personal and professional projects.
Alongside the Nairobi National Museum, this is one of the top places to visit in Nairobi on a budget, and it will broaden your understanding of Kenya's rich history and culture.
Karura Forest
This lush green space is actually one of the largest urban forests in the world, and you'll discover all kinds of things to see and do here. Hike to a multi-tiered 15-meter waterfall. Enjoy a picnic in the gardens. Watch monkeys climb through the trees, or simply sit unobtrusively by Lily Lake and absorb the peacefulness. Bicycle riding is likewise famous along the very much stamped red-mud trails.
Natural life additionally flourishes here. Other than monkeys, you could likewise see duiker (small antelope), butterflies, and numerous species of birds.
Nairobi National Park
Kenya's first national park, Nairobi National Park lies just seven kilometers from the high rises of Nairobi's downtown area. A safe house for natural life, the park is also a rhino sanctuary, which protects more than 50 of these critically endangered creatures.
Notwithstanding the rhinos, you can see lions, gazelles, buffaloes, warthogs, cheetahs, zebras, giraffes, and ostriches, and in excess of 400 species of birds have been recorded in the wetlands.
The Nairobi Safari Walk is a popular attraction, offering animal lovers the chance to spot wildlife on foot, and walking trails weave around the area known as Hippo Pools. In addition right at the park's main gate, you can bond with orphaned baby elephants and rhinos at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust.
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