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Giraffe Center Nairobi
18 Reviews Giraffe Center is situated about 15 kilometres far from Nairobi and not easy to reach there unless you take the taxi. Make sure to stipulate the price for a ride before departure, in both directions,...
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David Sheldrick Animal Trust - Elephant Orphanage Nairobi
14 Reviews A well worth trip is to the David Sheldrick Wildlife trust. If you are on Safari then you will see plenty of the wild herds of elephants later, but this will give you an insight into the problems...
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National Park Nairobi
23 Reviews This modest monument in Nairobi National Park commemorates the founding of the park in 1946 - the first national park in Kenya, which opened the door for the subsequent proclamation of iconic parks...
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Uhuru Park Nairobi
5 Reviews The Uhuru Park is the most popular recreational park in Nairobi, is a rich tapestry of strife and celebration in Kenya. The sight of soldiers resplendent in colorful uniforms and marching to music...
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National Museum Nairobi
8 Reviews The National Museum in Nairobi is a wonderful place to visit if you have some spare time. I was actually stuck in Nairobi due to flight issues, so I headed to the museum to see what was there. This...
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Karen Blixen Museum Nairobi
7 Reviews Many others here on VirtualTourist have written about this museum. I am not going to add any more to what they have said. While I will do is provide a list of links here for those who would like to...
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Masai Mara National Park Nairobi
5 Reviews The trip through the Great Rift Valley is certainly spectacular and, believe it or not, the 14 hour drive is certainly well worth the effort. The Great Rift Valley in Kenya is well known as the domain...
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Lake Nakuru National Park Nairobi
5 Reviews Crescent Island is situated on lake Naivasha and is actually a private game sanctuary. As mentioned earlier, you are able to do a walking safari here where you can get up close and personal with a...
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Safari Nairobi
5 Reviews If you are short on time (or money) and do not wish to do a full safari, then Nairobi has its own small version right by the actual city. You can see a large number of animals, though some said this...
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Kenyatta Nairobi
4 Reviews As the name hintsd, this is mostly a conference and convention center (you will also see it as the motive of a 100 KSh bill) but the top floor has a platform where you have a good view of downtown...
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Animal Orphanage Nairobi
2 Reviews Visiting Animal Orphanage is nice half day trip and it's a must when in Nairobi. The admission is 800 shillings (7 €) including guide. Orphanage is not the same as the zoo is, here they prepare...
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"Seeing with own eyes" worth here in Africa more than in some other places. Before visiting it for the first time in 2004., I had a lot of predjudice towards Africa and its landscapes. In two of my previous visits I've learned that not all is as written in the books or shown by the films.........to be continued
Most of these animals I have already seen before, but in the Zoo only where they share limited space and ambient wich is far of being their natural enviroment. Some people say, the safari park is nothing but huge zoo and the only difference is, it is situated in Africa. I could share a small part of such an opinion because the fact is, we pay ticket to watch the animals and they are kept closed in fenced area.Thanks to our fellow member SanguiniA who help me to find out the name of the lovely bird on my picture nr. 3, it is Grey Crowned Crane known also as the national bird of Uganda.
Here you can see the pictures, taken one after another, with camera aimed directly to the sun and the landscapes under the reflective light of the sun while going down. The colours are spectacular because, all the sudden, the sky becaming coloured in broiling yellow-gold colour. On the other side, the forrest becoming mixture of enriched natural colours and everything looks breath-taking.
It is hard to say which part of the day in savannah looks more spectacular, the sunrising or the sunset, but definetely the both are just fascinating. One thing is for sure, being here and missing one of them or maybe both would be a great shame. The only thing that crossed my mind was to keep these scenes in my memory as long as possible.
Malindi Beach, or just Malindi, can be called "Piccola Italia" because more than 4000 Italians live here. As a metter of fact, most of the restaurants and bars are held by Italians and here you can enjoy in traditional italian cuisine and excellent seafood.I made a day trip here, visiting nearby historic sight of Gedi and the beach resort famous for its underwater world. Haven't seen much of the town, only the small part of it situated on the seashore where we had lunch in one Italian restaurant.The Malindi beach resort looks good, it is several kilometres long sandy beach wth the characteristic white coloured sand. The water is much deeper here than the water in Shanzu or Bamburi beach but still, it is shallow.
Diani Beach is located about 30km south of Mombasa and is known as an residential area where many whites own the houses. It is considered as one of the most beautiful beach resort in whole of Kenya, in particularly for its white coloured sand. Diani Beach is windiness area, most favourable for sailling and windsurfing.Unfortunatelly, it was cloudy day during my visiting and the colour of the sand isn't that spectacular on my pictures as it is in a real life. There is huge difference here between high and low tide, almost hundred of meters, and it makes this beach in particularly attractive.
visit the national museum, david Sheldrick Orphanage, Giraffe Sanctuary, karen Blixten house (so-so...) and drink a beer on terace of some central placed restaurants and watching a wiew of real nairobi (not always Nairobbery!!)...
The truth is, these safari parks occupied huge area which barely can be considerate the zoo's. The animals are free to go wherever they want and, as I could see it, they move from one to other place inside the park. Besides, Africa is their natural enviroment. Since I am an animal lover, I was trully impressed and fascinated by watching all these animals in their every day activities. The most fascinating moment I've seen happened very early in the morning when group of antelopes start to run across the savannah. It was amazing scene because, from time to time and all the sudden, they jumped high in the air in order to change direction. I tried to snaped them, but the light was poor and they were so quick. When I checked the pictures it was nothing to see.
It is always great to admire Africa's tallest mountain, the 5290-m (19,000-ft) Mount Kilimanjaro as it rises 15,500 feet above the surrounding plains. Even though it is a few miles over the border in Tanzania, you can still get some great views from Amboseli Game Park, whether by telephoto or normal viewing (2nd photo). I had actually spent some time at the foot of the mountain in 1973, when I stayed in Moshe, Tanzania with 'volunteer' friends during my roundtrip 2000-mile hitchhiking/bus adventure from Zambia into Tanzania and Kenya. However, I had seen enough snow growing up in Canada, so was not in the mood to climb to the top for a closer look. Still, I have to admit that it is a majestic sight looming up behind the savannah of Amboseli!Recent images from the Earth Observer cicling high above show a dramatic decline of the extent of the ice cap between 1993 and 2000. The trend is...
Once we were finished with the Rift Valley, we reversed course back through Nairobi as we headed for Amboseli Game Park, on the border with Tanzania. Once there, we found that the roads were very passable and game was everywhere. We would go game viewing in the mornings and late afternoons with the main part of the day spent back at our Banda. This photo of a waterhole in the dry bed of Lake Amboseli was taken near sunset, with 19,000 foot Mount Kilimanjaro (in Tanzania) in the background. The waterhole was frequented by Hippos (2 dark blobs in the 2nd photo) so we watched them and listened to their distinctive grunts for a while before we had to head back to camp. Darkness falls early near the equator and the Rangers close the park roads at 7 PM.
Nairobi Serena Hotel Nairobi
5 Reviews and 206 Opinions Our partners in SA were having a business conference in Nairobi and needed a hotel with good...
Governors' IlMoran Camp Masai Mara Game Reserve
4 Reviews and 67 Opinions Little Governors Camp was built in 1976 in the Masai Mara in Kenya with its own independent...
Serena Beach Hotel & Spa Mombasa
1 Review and 211 Opinions Quite a long way out of Mombasa to the North, this is said to be one of the best hotels on the coast...
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Q: i want to go to kenya for 5 months with my 3 children and husbin im wondering what are so wonderful sites to see?
A: Hi Why don't you start by reading the many travel pages on Kenya that VT members have already compiled? As you're a new member, you may not yet be aware how to do this....
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