Places to Visit
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THE GIRAFFE CENTRE
Get close up and personal with the giraffes. Hand feeding these magnificent creatures is a unique experience - they take food straight from your hand with their long blue tongues. This is a must see and do, hands on experience. The Giraffe Centre is open Monday to Sunday, 9:00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.
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KAREN BLIXEN MUSEUM
This museum is the original farmhouse where the writer Karen Blixen (author of Out Of Africa) lived between 1914 and 1931. It is set on lovely gardens and is a famous piece of Nairobi’s cultural history. The Museum's opening hours are Monday to Sunday, between 9.30a.. and 6:00 p.m.
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NATIONAL MUSEUM
The National Museum boasts a fascinating range of cultural and natural history exhibits. There are huge galleries of stuffed wildlife, displays of Kenyan tribal group culture, re-creations of rock art and an exhibition of hominid fossils from Lake Turkana in the north of Kenya. The National Museum opening hours are Monday to Sunday, 9.30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
NAIROBI NATIONAL PARK
Safari in the city. Nairobi National Park is the only national park to border a city of this size. It is 113 square kilometers of plains, cliffs and forest, home to large herds of Zebra, Wildebeest, Buffalo, Giraffe, Rhino, Cheetah, and Lions, living wild within 20 minutes of the city centre. The park is open for visitors between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. seven days per week. |
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RAILWAY MUSEUM
Take a wander into the past and view the beautifully kept engines and carriages from the colonial days of the East Africa Railways. There are also fascinating displays of extraordinary railway memorabilia and artifacts. Opening hours are 8.15a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday to Sunday.
BOMAS OF KENYA
This is a cultural village where each boma (homestead) was built using traditional techniques of different Kenyan tribes. Through architecture, crafts, music and dance this village serves to preserve and display traditional Kenyan culture.
Visiting hours are 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday, and 3:30 p.m. - 5:20pm on weekends. |
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WESTLANDS BY NIGHT
Visit the bustling and hip Westlands district which has turned into the new night life centre of Nairobi. Many clubs line the busy Woodvale Grove and Mpaka road. Traffic can become hectic well into the early hours. Security is generally tight and the action spills out from the packed clubs into the streets. |
