What to see in Nairobi National Park
Attractions in Nairobi National Park Kenya : Nairobi national park is the first national park in Kenya because it was gazetted in the year 1946. This park is positioned in the south central of Kenya and is situated on 78000acres and it covers an area of about 117. 21 square kilometers. This national park is a home to a number of wildlife life including birds and mammals. It shelters about 520 birds species and 100 mammal species.
Nairobi national park in in Kenya has a number of tourist attractions that visitors come to see through out the year. The park has two seasons that it receives throughout the year and that is the dry season and wet season. The dry season is considered the peak season because it is when the park receives the biggest numbers of visitors.
The park receives less visitors in the wet season because of the weather changes that don’t favor some visitors. All the attractions in Nairobi national park can be seen by visitors at anytime of the year. Below are the attractions in Nairobi national park that is positioned in the south central of Kenya is 5 miles away from the city center of Nairobi.
- Wildlife
Nairobi national park shelters over 100 mammals species. Some of the mammal species in Nairobi national park include the big four of the big animals which are the lions, leopards, rhinos and buffaloes. Other mammals include giraffes, hyenas, cheetahs, zebras, impalas, common eland, hartebeests, waterbucks, hippopotamus, baboons and many more.
Visitors from across the globe visit this national park with the aim of seeing the various animal species that this park shelters. These experiences of reward visitors with unforgettable memories with leaves them contented. The wildlife in the Nairobi national park reside in a number of spits in the park and some of them include the savannah grasslands and many more .
- Birds
Nairobi national park in Kenya is a shelter to over 520 bird species. These birds species include rollers, bush shrike, honey guide, mouse bird, monarch flycatcher, American sparrows, laughing thrushes, black headed heron, long tailed fiscal, knob-billed duck, Egyptian goose, martial eagle, fish eagle, black kite, great spotted cuckoo, hartlaub’s turaco, Abyssinian nightjars, common swift, African emerald cuckoo, little grebe, lesser flamingo, southern pochard, crested francolin, red billed duck, cape teal, spotted thick knee, grey crowned crane, little ringed plover, African jacana, greater painted snipe, ruff, collared pratincole, African skimmer, wood sand piper, great cormorant, African darter, great white pelican hamerkop, osprey, secretary bird, hadada ibis, martial eagle, booted eagle and many more.
- Ivory burning monument
This ivory burning monument is positioned in the middle of Nairobi national park. This monument celebrates the burning of 12 tons of ivory and this act was done by H. E Daniel T. The ivory burning monument in Kenya was out in place as a historic landmark to spread more light on the event of ivory burning that was done in 1989.
The ivory burning monument is positioned in Nairobi national park and it is where 12 tones of ivory were burnt by H. E Daniel T. This activity first took place in 1989. This place was put in place to celebrate the animals that lost their in poaching and the burning of ivory. Visitors opt to go to this place with the purpose of seeing the monument and also get a chance to spot a number of wildlife while going to the place and also when they are at the place.
Nairobi animal orphanage
Nairobi animal orphanage is situated in a distance of about 8km away from the Nairobi central business district. Nairobi animal orphanage is situated in Nairobi national park and it was gazetted for the purpose of protecting old, injured and abandoned wildlife.
There are a number of animals at the orphanage which include elephants, lions, baboons, cheetahs and many more that are harbored there. The entrance fees to the Nairobi animal orphanage differ according to a visitor’s age bracket that is to say adults pay 215ksh for entrance and children pay 125ksh.
This animal orphanage is one of the best spots in the national park that is suitable for animal lovers and here visitors are able to see a number of wild animals. Some of these animals include the primates fir example monkeys, baboons and many more plus other animals like the zebras, giraffes, elephants, rhinos, cheetahs, lions, leopards and many more.
- Cultural centers
Nairobi national park is a perfect destination to carry out cultural tours because it has cultural centers that support the cultural tours. While at the cultural centers, the tourists are exposes to various traditions and cultures of the people that reside around and within this national park. The locals that reside in these centers entertain visitors by performing their cultural dances to them which is exciting and offers an unforgettable experience.
The tourists are also allowed to participate in these cultural dances if they wish to and most of the tourists who visit them in most cases do participate in these dances. During their visit to the cultural centers, they can also spot a number of animals and birds which is also another added advantage and an amazing experience to visitors.
The visitors are also exposed to the local cuisine of these people and also get to know how the locals in these centers survive that is to say their source of livelihood. Visitors are also allowed to purchase the items made by the locals in these areas and some of the items include the hand made crafts like necklaces, bangles, anklets and many more.
Nairobi national park is visited all year through by the visitors to see the above attractions but its is advisable to visit it in the dry season in the months of June, July, August, September, December, January and February. This is because during the dry season there are less expected disturbances that the visitors may encounter during their trip to all the attractions in the park like in the wet season, there is less prediction of rain which may come abruptly and distort the visitors program.
