Tour Code EX5
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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
Also available on CD-Rom by request (telephone now)
The morning is spent tracking
some of the many species found in the park, which include rhino, lion, buffalo,
leopard and cheetah. After lunch at Carnivore Restaurant continue to Bomas
of Kenya for a fiesta of traditional music and dance. The tour ends in Nairobi
in the early evening.
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 wildebeest
* Ivory Burning Site Monument
* Walking trails at hippo pools
* Nairobi Safari Walk & the Orphanage.
* Spacious accommodating 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.
