Nairobi, Kenya, that located in east coast of Africa is your main gate to enjoy the beautiful nature and unforgettable adventure in the African continent. It is a place where you can interact with nature, and can enjoy the great adventure with wildlife, all the wildlife animals you can see in real and not in cages but in the forest. If you're visiting Kenya, there's a good chance you are flying into and out of it's bustling capital, Nairobi. Here we list 8 of the top things to do in this great city, pre- and post-safari.
1. Nairobi National Park
Nairobi National Park is a great place for tourists that offers a typical African wildlife. The National Park houses some wildlife such as lions, cheetahs, zebras, giraffes and also more than 400 different species of birds. In addition, the national park also has the most successful conservation place for rhinos. The tourist will have a rare opportunity to witness black rhinos in their natural habitat.
This National Park area is dominated by savanna landscape, a plateau, which covered by forest including river and hill.
2. Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage
Do you want to be an adoptive parent for baby elephant? Spend your time in Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage that is located not so far from Nairobi National Park. The elephant orphanage is for baby elephants and rhinos.
The baby elephant will have a 24 hours special care from the official officers that act as their “mother”. The elephants will be transferred to Tsavo National Park when they are ready. Visitors can see how those babies bathed, milked and treated with tender. You can be one of elephant parent if you want to by paying a certain amount of money yearly.
3. Drink Kenyan Tea and Coffee
Kenya is known for both its coffee and tea plantations so where better could you be to sample them? There are a number of branches of the Java House coffee shops across Nairobi. They specialise in coffee, tea and fresh, light meals. There’s nothing quite like reading the morning paper with a steaming hot cup of fresh coffee, grown locally.
If you’re looking for something to take home as a gift, Dormans offers a wide range of ethically-sourced Kenyan and Tanzanian coffees. Visit one of their coffee houses and try them out. You’ll probably find yourself popping in at regular intervals, it’s so delicious.
4. Having Breakfast with Giraffes
Sound weird? In fact, you can do that only in Nairobi. There are many national parks in Africa, however, in Nairobi, the visitors can interact directly with giraffes in the hotel!!! No, it is not a joke, but it is really happening.
In Giraffe Manor, 200 km from the city center of Nairobi, you will find many giraffes that freely move around the hotel. The giraffes will say hello to you through the hotel window to join your breakfast.
The hotel visitors – of course – are allowed to feed them. The hotel also as a giraffe center in Nairobi as a giraffe protection center that founded by the African Fund for Endangered Wildlife that specially protecting a rare species of Rothschild giraffes.
5. Maasai Traditional Market
The Maasai traditional market offers some souvenirs that made mainly from wood, in addition paintings, African batik, and beads.
6. Karen Blixen Museum
Karen Blixen, a Danish author, moved from Denmark to Kenya with her husband, and lived in the house from 1917 to 1931. Her husband insisted on trying to farm coffee. After they divorced, Karen continued fighting for the farm and the locals, and fell in love with an Englishman.
The museum allows you to relive the romanticism of those years, and hardships endured by Karen Blixen. Tea in the beautiful, serene gardens, and a view of her beloved Ngong Hills, will make you feel like you’ve been transported back to those colonial days.
7. Experience Local Transport: Matatus
Matatus, or taxis, are the privately-owned (or taxi company-owned) vehicles that predominate Nairobi’s public transport system.
It looks chaotic, it sounds chaotic, it is a little chaotic, really, but it’s a great way to experience Nairobi as the locals do. Brightly coloured and often with slogans that’ll keep you grinning throughout the trip, these taxis are like nothing you've seen before.
8. Enjoy Kenyan Cuisine
What’s a trip to a new country without sampling the local food? Different communities in Kenya have different ‘signature dishes’, and there a number of good restaurants that specialise in traditional Kenyan dishes. The focus is on locally-sourced, fresh ingredients. One tip: skip breakfast and go hungry!
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