NAIROBI SAFARI WALK & ANIMAL ORPHANAGE

This will give you a preview of your Safari.  Some of Kenya’s unique plants and animals that are close to extinction are on display here. You will learn the dangers facing them and what steps are being taken to preserve them. It is a home to 150 species of local trees and rich animal collection which include the rare bongo, white rhino, albino zebra, antelopes, primates and collection of cats which includes lions, leopard, cheetah etc.

BOMAS OF KENYA

At Bomas of Kenya you will experience the wonderful diversity of cultures that make up this fascinating country.  Different aspects of Kenyan culture are shown including living styles, crafts, music and dancing.  The word Bomas is derived from “Boma” – a Swahili word for enclosed homestead.  There are now at least eleven different “Bomas” each one representing one of Kenya’s major ethnic groups.  Selected tribes perform on scheduled days.

THE RAILWAY MUSEUM

Here you find some of the old locomotives and coaches like the one Superintendent Charles Henry Ryall who was dragged from and killed by man eating lions at Tsavo National Park on June 6, 1900. Others coaches were used to produce movies like " Out of Africa " and " The Ghost and the Darkness". You learn how the railway line, the Lunatic Express was constructed from Mombasa to Uganda through Kisumu from May 30 1896 to December 19 1901.

SNAKE PARK

For reptiles’ lovers, this is the right place; you will see non venomous snakes, venomous black mambas as well as the rock pythons, crocodiles, wide array of lizards and giant tortoises. This option is only available in Nairobi.

DAVID SHELDRICK

The David Sheldrick Animal Orphanage was started in memory of David Sheldrick who died in June 1977.  He was founding warden of Tsavo East National Park.  Since its inception, this centre has played an extremely significant role in Kenya’s conversation efforts, acting as a watch dog on wildlife affairs. 

At the Centre, they rescue, hand rear and rehabilitate young elephants and rhino orphans as well as any wild species orphans that can ultimately enjoy the wild when grown.  They embrace all measures that compliment conservation, preservation and protection of wildlife.

Giraffe Centre.

By 1979 there were only 120 Rothschild Giraffes found in Kenya. They had become endangered species. The Giraffe Centre was founded in 1979 by the late Jock Leslie-Melville. The centre was established to save the endangered Rothschild Giraffe and to be an educational institution.  Initially, two young giraffes were brought to the centre.  Each year the number of young giraffes that were brought into the centre increased.  As the young giraffes become adults, they are transferred to national parks. Some of these giraffes can now be found at Lake Nakuru National Park.

The National Museum

When it opened its doors in 1910, it was called East Africa Museum and History Society. It was relocated to its current site in 1929 and was renamed in memory of Robert Corydon. The Museum was renovated again recently in 2005. It houses an extensive Paleontology collection including excavations by Mary and Louis Leakey, as well as various exhibits of East Africa ornithology, marine and aquatic creatures, reptiles and shells, we will also see many exhibits that depict the history and geology of Kenya, Joy Adamson’s botanical painting (made famous in the movie Born Free), an old mammal hall and ethnography exhibits. There is a life size model of Ahmed, who was a favorite elephant of Kenya’s first president, which was under 24 hour’s surveillance because of the huge size of its tusks. Ahmed died of natural death in 1974.

African Heritage House

The African heritage house is overlooking the Nairobi National Park and is described by the prestigious architectural digest as “an architecture rising from the serene Kenyan plain like an outcropping of earth, a vision of usefulness informed by the African genius for decoration” designed by American Alan Donovan; the house is a combination of the mud architecture from across Africa. Visit can be arranged for lunch, cocktails and tour of the house.

Karen Blixen National Museum

This house, which was built in 1912, was made famous by the movie ‘Out Of Africa’ starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford. It was once the centerpiece of a coffee plantation owned by Baron Bror Von Blixen and his wife Karen Blixen.  Karen bought the house in 1917 and lived there until her return to Denmark in 1931.  Some scenes from the movie were shot their.  The rooms contain original furniture and artifacts of the Blixen’s as well as some of the clothes worn by Meryl Streep and Robert Redford for the movie

Balloon Safaris

Many call it a once in a life time experience, once you are up, you won’t want to come down, and once you land, champagne breakfast awaits you. Game viewing is great from the air with the opportunity for beautiful pictures. This option is only found at Masai Mara.