Excursions
These are short trips to exciting spots within and in the suburbs of
Nairobi. Our Company is well recognized with self-drive vehicles, chauffeur
driven and guided tours too. The best selling and common parks are Nairobi
National Park, Giraffe Manor, Karen Blixen, Thika special, Carnivore
Experience, Bomas of Kenya, Lake Nakuru Express and city tour.
Thika Special
1/2 Day
Thika town is 45kms from the city centre and within the town you find
the Blue Posts Hotel. The hotel was first established in 1908 as a stopover
for the white settlers who farmed and lived in the central part of the
country on their way out and back to the city. During the Second World
War in 1939 the British Army camped on the site and built up a few bandas
whose posts they were standing on were painted blue and this is where
the name Blue Posts originated. Today two rivers namely Thika River
and Chania River each with a natural waterfall surround the hotel popularly
known as 'Hidden Jewel of Thika'. Both rivers originate from the Aberdare
Ranges though from different sources.
Nairobi City Tour
3 Hours
The tour covers the modern city centre, the National Museum and the
adjacent Snake Park, Parliament Buildings, the Railway Museum where
old steam locomotives are exhibited including the one from which Superintendent
John Lyall was taken from by a man-eating lion in Tsavo in 1901. You
will also visit the city market where a wide variety of African curios
and tropical fruit and flowers are on sale, ending with a visit to the
Kenyatta International Conference Centre view-point which has a revolving
restaurant.
Nairobi National Park
4 Hours
This
unique wildlife sanctuary is just a few kilometres from Nairobi's bustling
city centre but despite its proximity over 50 species of mammals can
be found there including four of the 'big five'. The tour also includes
a visit to the animal orphanage where wounded or orphaned animals are
nurtured back to health. The tour returns to the city centre by sundown.
Karen
Blixen and Giraffe Centre
4 Hours
Drive towards Ngong Hills by passing the Ngong village to the Karen
Blixen Museum of the 'Out of Africa' fame, which was for many years
her home. Later proceed to the Giraffe Centre to view and feed the famous
Rothschild's giraffe which is an endangered species from a specially
constructed viewing - platform.
Carnivore Experience
Guaranteed
daily at 12.30 p.m. And 7.00 p.m.
Nairobi has many restaurants offering a wide variety of cuisine. We
recommend a dinner or lunch at the Carnivore, which is famous for its
succulent steaks and barbecue, dishes including game meat and is therefore
dubbed 'the meat eaters' paradise. The restaurant also offers a vegetarian
menu; the meal is an excellent complement to a holiday especially as
a welcome or farewell dinner. The cost includes transfers to and from
Nairobi City Centre.
Lake Nakuru Express
1 Day
Lake Nakuru lies in the volcano-strewn Rift Valley, one of a chain of
8 lakes, which stretch the length of Kenya from Tanzania to Ethiopia.
The 160 km drive from Nairobi passes through highland farms of the Kikuyu
people before descending the escarpment into the dramatic landscape
of the Rift. Lunch is taken in the Park and is followed by an extensive
tour which focuses on the bewildering spectacle of a million flamingos
but which also seeks out the large variety of wildlife with which the
park abounds. On the tea break among the fever trees bird watchers will
delight in the fantastic array of birdlife. The tour ends in Nairobi
in the late evening.
Amboseli Express
1 Day
Amboseli National Park lies within the shadow of the mighty Kilimanjaro,
Africa's highest mountain whose peak may be seen from the park in clear
weather. Only nature and all her majesty could create such a back -drop
to the wildlife pageant found at Amboseli. Game is seen enroute to the
park, which crosses plains where the Masai tribesmen tend their cattle
in an age-old tradition. Lunch is taken at a lodge within the park,
followed by another game drive where lion, cheetah can be seen including
elephant and hippo that are found bathing in the swamp-grounds which
get their waters from Mt. Kilimanjaro. Return to Nairobi in good time
for dinner.
Nairobi National Park, Lunch,Carnivore
and Bomas
1 Day
8.30 a.m. Depart your Nairobi hotel for the Nairobi National Park, which
is 10 kms way or 15 minutes drive from the city centre. 4 of the big
five except the elephant can be seen and there are a variety of antelopes.
The park is home to plenty of migratory game despite its small size
being only 114 km². Hippos and a few crocodiles can be seen in
the river pools plus a variety of plains game and birds. You will then
proceed to the Carnivore Restaurant, which is dubbed 'the meaters paradise'.
Various meats including game meat are served barbecued though the restaurant
also has a vegetarian menu. In the afternoon you will visit the Bomas
of Kenya where you will be entertained with traditional songs and dance
and an acrobatic show in the main arena prior to which you will have
visited the 'bomas ' or homesteads where the every day lives of the
43 different ethnic groups in Kenya are depicted. Return to the city
centre in the evening.
Amboseli
1½ Day
Day 1 Nairobi/Amboseli
Early morning departure for Amboseli National Park arriving in time
for lunch and an afternoon game drive. Mt. Kilimanjaro, which forms
a beautiful backdrop, can be seen from the park in clear weather. A
variety of plains game, antelopes and birds can be seen plus the jumbo
elephants and hippos which are found bathing in the swamp grounds which
get their waters from the melting snows of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Dinner and
overnight at the lodge.
Day 2 Amboseli/Nairobi
Early morning pre-breakfast game drive. After breakfast depart for Nairobi,
arriving in the early afternoon.
Tree Hotel
1 ½ Days
Day
1: Nairobi/Tree hotel
9.00 a.m. Depart Nairobi for one of the three 'tree hotels' namely the
Ark, Treetops and Mountain Lodge. Arrive in time for lunch at the Aberdare
Country Club for the Ark and the Outspan Hotel for Treetops, which serve
as bases for visiting the 'tree hotels'. After lunch you will be transferred
to the actual tree hotel for dinner and overnight game viewing from
the flood-lit waterholes and salt lick which is the essence of a visit
to a 'tree hotel'
Day 2: Treehotel/Nairobi
Early morning transfer to the base hotel for breakfast then depart for
Nairobi arriving before lunch time
