NAIROBI NATIONAL PARK

7 Kilometres from Nairobi city center stands Nairobi National Park which holds the distinction of being the only national park within a Capital City on earth! it is considered to be the 'appetizer' of any safari package. Of all the national parks in Kenya, it is by far the most the accessible. The park was established in 1946. its uniqueness stems from the fact that it is a mixture of savannah and swampland with a backdrop of looming skyscrappers and airplanes en-route to the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. It is also the home of the largest concentration of black rhino in the world

 It is also the site where Daniel arap Moi, Kenya's former president, burned ten tons of ivory in 1989 in protest of the international trade of ivory.

There is huge variety of wildlife in the national park such as gazelles,warthogs,lions,leopards,cheetahs( usain bolt just adopted a cub the other day) and buffaloes just to name but a few. And That's not all. 550 bird species also call this home.( to put that in perspective, that is more than the whole of U.K. combined.) making it a must visit for bird lovers and watcher's.

For the time being the park remains unfenced largely due to the efforts of Friends of Nairobi National Park Campaign. Why this is so important is because wildlife use a route connecting the park to the expansive Rift Valley and in so doing maintains ancient migratory routes. During the dry season, the concentration of wildlife is higher because animals migrate into the park where water is almost always available.

Attractions include the annual wildebeest and zebra migration(july to august), large predators such as cheetah,lion and leopards, viewpoints in the highlands over the plains, walking trail and hippo poll and the black rhinocerous in its natural habitat......
The Kenya Wildlife Service( K.W.S.) headquarters is at the entrance of the park with an office that sells and recharges smart cards as well as a small education center. A stones throw away, there is the Nairobi Safari Walk, a sort of zoo-meets-nature boardwalk for viewing birds and animals.