Sunday 24 February 2013

Nairobi Day Tour Things to Do



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Nairobi Day Tour Places to go

Nairobi day tour destinations include the Amboseli national park, Nakuru national park, Nairobi national park and lake Naivasha and mt Longonot climbing. You can go on a Nairobi day tour on any day and choose a tour depending on your budget and the amount of time you have in Nairobi city. Most of these are full day tours although there are options for several hours around Nairobi city that you can choose to see animals, museums, orphanages or cultural dances. There are other things you can do in nairobi without going out of the city. This are half day tours to Nairobi national park for Nairobi Big Five Tours

Nairobi Day Tour Sightseeing: Amboseli National Park Nairobi Day Tour

Nairobi Day Tour to Amboseli Elephants
A Nairobi day tour to the Amboseli national park is one of the most visited places. Amboseli national park has the most picturesque views with its mt Kilimanjaro viewing. You can see the highest mountain in Africa from Amboseli which stands at 5895m asl. The Kilimanjaro also supplies the park with a permanent source of water which flows from the melted ice caps through millions of underground lava tubes to emerge into the park as clean fresh and cool waters.

Nairobi Day Tour to Amboseli is also liked for the hundreds of elephants that occupy this park. There are more than 1000 elephants in Amboseli national park and these are a great attraction than any other Nairobi day tour. The elephants can be seen swimming and playing in the swamp waters or feeding on the water grass. The elephants of Amboseli are so many that at some point you will have over 200 of them surrounding your car and only 5-10 feet away from your window.

Nairobi to Amboseli day tour is also famous for the lake Amboseli viewing which is a seasonal lake that dries up in the dry season. The lake bed is white with salt and this gets blown up in the afternoon in tens of whirlwinds or dust devils. The park is named after the Masai word ‘empusel’ which means a place of salty dust.

The Nairobi day tour to Amboseli is an all inclusive package including transport in a safari minivan with guaranteed window seat, park entry fees, picnic lunches, bottled mineral water, and services of a driver guide and pick up and drop off in Nairobi. The company will pick you up at 6am in the morning from your hotel and return you at the same place. The game drive lasts for 5hrs in the park and the drive there is 3.5hrs. Click here to book an amboseli national park day tour.

Nairobi Day Tour Birding: Nakuru National Park Nairobi Day Tour

Nairobi Day Tour to Nakuru Flamingos
The Nairobi Day tour to Lake Nakuru national park is also one of the most sought after day trips. This is also a full day tour to the Great Rift Valley and the sights here are very amazing. Lake Nakuru national park day trip is famous for its over 2 million flamingos which makes it the largest bird spectacle in the world. There are over 400 species of birds in lake Nakuru and over 50 species of mammals. 

Lake Nakuru day tour from Nairobi is a bird watching paradise as well as a rhino sanctuary and this is the only park that rhino sightings are guaranteed. The park also has easier sightings of leopards and tree climbing lions. Lake Nakuru is completely fenced park and it’s the second highest visited park in Kenya.

Nairobi Day tour to Lake Nakuru national park includes a 5hr game drive in the park, a picnic lunch, transport in a safari minivan and bottled drinking water. The access to the park is all graded roads and the ride is therefore very comfortable. The drive is 2.5hrs from Nairobi and this Nairobi day tour starts at 6am in the morning returning by 7pm in the evening.

Nairobi Day Tour Boating and Biking: Lake Naivasha Nairobi Day Tour

Lake Naivasha Nairobi Day Tour Itinerary
Nairobi day tour to Naivasha is also a popular spot for weekend getaways or just a full day escape from Nairobi city. Lake Naivasha is a very beautiful sight located on the floor of the Great Rift Valley and at base of the eastern escarpment of the rift valley.

Your Nairobi to Naivasha day trip starts at 7am in the morning and climbs the rift valley and down to the floor stopping at the view points on the escarpment to take in the great formations of volcanic mount Suswa and mt Longonot. 

You will be able to see the hippos in the lake Naivasha, the birds, wildebeests, giraffes, impalas and gazelles on Crescent Island and many other animals.  Lake Naivasha is a very cool camping destination for a weekend away from Nairobi. It is a great place to go for a Nairobi day tour and is only 1.5hrs from Nairobi.

Nairobi Day Hikes: Mt Longonot Day Tour Hiking Safari

Longonot Hiking Nairobi Day Tour
Mt Longonot is located 1.5 hrs from Nairobi and is a good place for an active Nairobi day tour. You can climb the mt Longonot from early in the morning and the hike takes about 3-5hrs depending on your fitness level. It is a moderate difficulty climb although its even taken by school kids.

Longonot national park day trip from Nairobi is fun and the tour starts at 6am from Nairobi and the climb starts at 7.30am. You will have a picnic lunch after the climb with an option of going to the lake Naivasha for a boat ride and a swim in the swimming pool of one of the camping grounds there.

Find out the 12 most popular places to go in Nairobi on a day trip or in transit tour here: http://1-day-tours-in-kenya.com



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