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OUR NEW EXTRAS SECTION (gorilla trips to Uganda, day trips
in and around Mombasa, flying visits to Zanzibar, Safaris to southern
Tanzania around Selous)
BROCHURE
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The tour starts from your
hotel to this unique wildlife sanctuary which is just a few kilometers from
Nairobi's bustling city center, but despite its proximity, different species
of mammals can be found there, including four of the 'Big Five'. The tour
also includes a visit to the animal orphanage at the park gate.
The tour returns to the city center by sundown. Private tours
can be organized in the morning
The
117 km2 Nairobi National Park is unique by being the only protected area
in the world with a variety of animals and birds close to a capital city.As
expected, the park is a principal attraction for visitors to Nairobi. The park
also serves many residents and citizens living in the city.
The park has a diversity of environments with characteristic fauna and flora.
Open grass plains with scattered acacia bush are predominant. The western side
has a highland dry forest and a permanent river with a riverine forest in the
south. In addition, there are stretches of broken bush country and deep, rocky
valleys and gorges with scrub and long grass. Man-made dams have also added
a further habitat, favourable to certain species of birds and other aquatic
biota(life forms). The dams also attract water dependent herbivores during the
dry season.
The park has a rich/diverse birdlife with 400 species recorded. However all
species are not always present and some are seasonal. Northern migrants pass
through the park primarily during late March through April.
Nairobi National Park is one of the most successful of Kenya's rhino sanctuaries
that is already generating a stock for reintroduction in the species former
range and other upcoming sanctuaries. Due to this success, it is one of the
few parks where a visitor can be certain of seeing a black rhino in its natural
habitat.
MAJOR ATTRACTIONS
* Annual wildebeest and zebra migration in July/August
* Black rhinoceros
* Diverse birdlife
* Large predators- lion,leopard, hyena and cheetah.
* Aggregations of large herbivores- eland,buffalo,zebra and wilderbeast
* Ivory Burning Site Monument
* Walking trails at hippo pools
* Nairobi Safari Walk & the Orphanage.
* Spacious accomodating picnic sites
Major Animals:
Aardwolf- rare; Ant Bear; Bat, Angola Free-tailed; Baboon, Olive; Bat, Banana;
Bat, False Vampire; Bat, Hollow-faced; Bat, Lander's Horseshoe; Bat, Rousette
Fruit; Bat, White-bellied Free-tailed; Bat, Yellow-bellied; Bat, Yellow-winged;
Buffalo African; BushBaby; Bushbuck; Caracal; Cat, African Wild; Cheetah; Civet,
African; Colobus; Dik-dik, Kirk's; Dog, Hunting; Dormouse, African; Duiker,
Bush; Eland; Fox, Bat-eared; Galago, Greater; Gazelle, Grant's; Gazelle, Thomson's;
Genet, Large-spotted; Genet, Small-spotted; Giraffe, Masai; Gnu, White-bearded;
Hare, African; Hare, Spring; Heartebeest, Coke's; Hedgehog, East African; Hippopotamus;
Hyaena, Spotted; Hyaena, Striped; Hyrax, Rock; Hyrax, Tree; Impala; Jackal,
Black-backed; Jackal, Side-striped; Klipspringer; Leopard; Lion; Mongoose, Slender;
Mongoose, Marsh; Mongoose, Slender; Mongoose, White-tailed; Monkey, Black-faced
Vervet; Monkey, Sykes; Otter, Clawless; Porcupine, Crested; Rat, Cane; Rat,
Giant; Reedbuck, Chanler's; Rhinoceros, Black Rhino; Serval; Shrew, Giant White-toothed;
Shrew, Short-snouted; Squirrel, Bush; Squirrel, Striped Ground; Steinbok; Suni.
Major Birds:
OstrichDove, Emerald-spotted; Dove, Laughing; Dove, Namaqua-its occasional;
Dove, ; Dove, Red-eyed; Dove, Ring-necked; Dove, Tambourine; Drongo; Duck, African
Black; Duck, Fulvous whistling; Duck, Knob-billed; Duck, White-backed; Duck,
Yellow-billed; Eagle, African Fish; Eagle, Ayres' (rare) Hawk; Eagle, Bateleur;
Eagle, Black-chested Harrier;Eagle: African hawk-Eagle;Eagle, African crowned-
Eagle;Egret, Great White; Eremonela, Yellow-bellied; Falcon, Cuckoo; Finch,
African Fire; Guinea-fowl.
