Tour Overview
Start your tour with pick up at your Nairobi Accommodation/Hotel 6:30am to Nairobi National Park. Enjoy a four hours game drive. Game drive in Nairobi national park visit the Ivory burning monument and the savanah grasslands to see lions, gazelles visit the dry forest to look out for black rhinos and leopards and birds. Return to the Savannah to find white rhinos, buffalos, giraffes see the man made dams Athi and hyena dams.
Leave Nairobi National Park for the Giraffe Center, headquarters for the African Fund for Endangered Wildlife made famous by ‘Daisy Rothschild. It is quite an experience being eye to eye with a giraffe – you can get a real sense of the size of these gentle giants.There is also an education centre with lots of information about the breeding and conservation of the rarest of Kenya’s three giraffe species. Learn their behaviors, traits and more conservation education as you get up close and personal on a raised observation platform.
The next stop visit Kazuri Bead Factory. This is a pottery company that makes one of the world most beautiful beads. You will be shown all the stages from the start to the finish. It’s also a unique factory as it employs single mother parents from the poor neighborhood who earn a living to support their families. This pottery, ceramic and bead factory employs all single mothers to make its beautiful gifts and souvenirs – which are now exported all around the world. There is a gift shop which stocks some of their wares. Please note that the workshop is closed Saturday afternoon and all day Sunday, however the gift shop is open 7 days.
You will then be driven to the old colonial house of Danish author, Karen Blixen. Now a museum, this property and the surrounding Ngong Hills were made famous in the book and then the movie ‘Out of Africa’. It is a must see for all Danes and lovers of African history and romance. Return to your hotel around 5pm.
Trip Overview
- See an array of wildlife at nearby Nairobi National Park
- Visit the baby elephants at David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage
- Experience colonial history at the Karen Blixen Museum
- Feed a giraffe at the Giraffe Centre
- See hand-crafted jewelry at the Kazuri beads factory