7 Top Reasons Why you should visit Nairobi National Park in Kenya

Here are 7 top reasons why you should visit Nairobi National park and they are as follows The park is one of the strategically located national park in the central kenya.

Nairobi National Park is a national park which was established in 1946 and it was the first national park in kenya ,its about 7 km south of Nairobi ( capital city) and it covers117km2 and It’s under the governing body known as Kenya wildlife Services

It is located on three different directions that is to say , the open southern boundary allows migrating wildlife to move between the park and the adjacent Kitengela plains. Herbivores gather in the park during the dry season.

Nairobi National park also offers a variety of tourism activities that is to say nature walks, game viewing most especially the Rhinos and affordable accommodation facilities to different visitors and travelers in Kenya

1. Safaris in Nairobi National park

Nairobi National park is raised with wooden boardwalk that allows for uninterrupted views of the animals, the safari walk in Kenya National park

This allows visitors to discover what they can expect to see across Kenya

Also visitors are able to see different wildlife animals for example the primates such as leopards, antelopes and among others

Therefore the park’s main entrance gate is Off Langata Rd, The Nairobi national park safari walk has raised wooden boardwalk that allows for an up-close view of the birds and wildlife.

Nairobi safari walk has more than 100 local tree species and is home to wildlife such as the white rhino, hippopotamus, lions and big cats and primates.

This is a wonderful place to book for your relative out as there is opportunity for them to explore around there.

2. Elephant rehabilitation and Orphanage:

The education facilities and animal rehabilitation centers you can visit in the park include the Nairobi Safari Walk and the Nairobi Animal Orphanage.

These facilities provide an opportunity for environmental education. The educational facilities are frequently visited by schools and, by so doing, act as an outreach program to communities outside the park.

3.Giraffe Famous Center

Nairobi National park is endowed with a variety of different giraffe species for example the Roth child, with large brown spots and jagged edges with the darkest color .

Therefore the establishment of the Giraffe center in the center of Nairobi was to protect the vulnerable giraffes

Ever wondered just how long a Giraffe’s neck is in real life? Well, you don\’t have to wonder anymore, simply visit the Giraffe Center, located at the outskirts of Nairobi. If you are lucky, you will even get the chance to feed them.

So this has attracted many tourists to feed giraffes from a raised observation

4. Variety of Rhinos:

Nairobi national park is one of Kenya’s national that is endowed with a ve Rhinoceros and among these are the endangered ones

Therefore this is one of the most endangered species in the history of Kenyan wildlife. Rhinoceros is hook-lipped,

The black rhino population has declined by 97.6 from the 1960s, thanks to these assholes called poachers.

I wish it never existed, wouldn’t the wildlife world be better? In 1993 before some of you were born, it was estimated that only 2300 black rhinos were remaining.

Thanks to digital conservation efforts across Africa. The population has risen to over 5,000 today. You’re lucky to be able to see a black rhino today

5.Birding (Bird watching ) at the Rift valley lakes

Nairobi National park facilitate good bird watching through out the year this is one of the interesting birding destinations in the world

20 Species are seasonal European migrants. This will go without saying that, Nairobi The Capital city of Kenya gives the most bird species list in the world.

This park is widely and popularly known as a bird guiding destination

6 . Topography of the Nairobi National park:

Nairobi National Park is located just south of central Kenya right next to and within the Nairobi city region.

Travelers landing at the Nairobi airport can literally see the park and potential wildlife as the flyover and land at the airport.

There is nowhere else in the world where such a collection of wilderness and wildlife sits so adjacently to a major city. Only 4-miles (6.4 km) separate the center of the city from the wildlife in the reserve

7. Wildlife species

Nairobi National park has different wild life species that can attract many visitors to come and visit the park

And some of these Species found in the park include lion, leopard, African buffalo, black rhinoceros, giraffe, hippopotamus, spotted hyena, blue wildebeest, plains zebra, cheetah, Thomson’s gazelle, Grant’s gazelle, common eland, impala, hartebeest, waterbuck, common warthog, olive baboon, black-backed jackal, common ostrich, and among others