One Day Nairobi Wildlife Tours are full one day
excursions to national parks around and out of Nairobi city to see wildlife
like lions, rhinos, elephants, hippos, buffalos, leopards and the big five.
Nairobi one day wildlife safaris are offered from Nairobi hotels as all
inclusive or partially inclusive tour packages.
Nairobi National Park
Half Day Trip
Nairobi national park is located just 7km south
west of Nairobi city and it is the only national park located inside a capital
centre in the world. This makes it a very convenient place to visit for a 4
hour game drive at any time. The park is a 117sqkm park which was started in
1948 as a recreational place for the colonial settlers in Kenya.
A half day tour in the park is offered either
in the morning or afternoon. The morning half day tour starts at 6:00am and
ends at 11:00am and can be combined with a trip to the animal orphanage, the
Sheldrick elephant orphanage, the Nairobi safari walk , the giraffe centre,
Bomas of Kenya, mamba village or the carnivore restaurant for lunch. The
afternoon Nairobi half day trip is offered from 2:30pm up to 6:30pm.
Amboseli park is a 390sqkm area located 280km
south west of Nairobi at the Border with Tanzania. The park is also located
just below Mt Kilimanjaro which is highest mountain in Africa. Amboseli 1 daytrip is the second most popular park in Kenya after Masai Mara. The main
attraction which makes Amboseli among the most visited park in Kenya is the
Views of Kilimanjaro.
From the park one can see the Kilimanjaro’s
highest peak Kibos with its snow covered top lording it above all else in the
area. You get the best views of this mountain from the Amboseli national park.
The Kilimanjaro view is great from here and you can take the signature picture
of an elephant with the Kilimanjaro ice caps forming the back ground.
Amboseli is also very popular for the large
herds of elephants that roam this park and are very accustomed to vehicles that
they come very close to your vehicle. There are many other animals in the park
including lions, cheetahs, hippos, buffalos, zebras, wildebeests, leopards,
jackals, baboons, vervet monkeys, gazelles, elands, waterbucks among others.
Nakuru Park Day Trip
Nakuru national park is a 177sqkm park located
some 160km north west of Nairobi on the floor of the Great Rift Valley. Lake
Nakuru national park is located in the very volcanically active floor of the
rift valley system and is one of the six rift valley lakes in Kenya including
Naivasha, Elementaita, Baringo, Bogoria, lake Nakuru, Lake Turkana.
The Nakuru Park
is most famous for the millions of flamingos that occasionally line the lake
edges like a pink ribbon which can be seen from miles away. Nakuru was
established as a bird sanctuary due to the large diversity of birds found here.
Lake Nakuru is a Ramsar site which means it’s a world recognised wetland an important
bird area and a world heritage site.
Nakuru is also a rhino sanctuary as well as a
Rothschild giraffes sanctuary which are both very endangered. The Nakuru day
trip is popular for its ease of doing a game drive since it’s a full y fenced
park with a huge population of animals. The animals to see here include Lions,
rhinos, leopards, giraffes, buffalos, hippos, gazelles, zebras, hyenas,
baboons, vervet monkeys, cheetahs, water bucks among others.
A day trip to Nakuru starts from 6:00am and
ends with a return to your Nairobi hotel by 6:00pm or earlier. The day trip can
also be combined with a visit to Lake Naivasha to see the hippos by boat.
Longonot 1 Day Hike
Mt Longonot National park is located some 60km
North West of Nairobi on the floor of the Great Rift Valley. This park is one
of the most popular Nairobi 1 day hike destination. The mountain stands at
2600m asl at the rim and a hike up the Longonot takes about 4-5hours to the rim
and back. If you are fit enough you can attempt to circumnavigate the rim which
takes another 1.5hrs
Longonot one day hike is extremely popular with
school, church and corporate groups for team building and active sport. The
mountains proximity to Nairobi, its relative cheaper entry fees makes it very
attractive to many people looking for an active adventure outside of Nairobi. A
day trip to hike Mt Longonot can be offered as a single packages or as combination
with a boat ride on lake Naivasha, a visit to crescent island or a visit to the
hells gate national park.
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