The Nairobi half day trippackages are ½ day excursions to the Nairobi national park Kenya to wildlife just afew minutes from any one of Nairobi hotels. Nairobi park day tour package includes a 4 hour game drive, transport in a safari minivan, pick up and drop off at the JKIA NBO airport and drinking water.
Here are the 6Nairobi national park half day trip prices as per category of group sizes.
Group Size Nairobi Half Day Trip
Cost Of Day Trip Per Person
1 Person private ½ day trip
$ 90
2-3 persons private ½ day trip
$ 70
4-6 persons private ½ day trip
$ 60
Above 6 persons private ½day trip
$ 70
Children below 18 yrs
75% of Adult rate
Infants below 3 yrs
Free of charge
** Prices excludes park entrance fees of usd 43pp
Nairobi National Park Half Day Trip Itinerary
0600hrs: Your Nairobi national park half day trip departs with a pick up from your hotel. You can opt for an earlier pick up if you want to see the sunrise at the park at dawn.
0630hrs: Finalize with the gate formalities and enter the park. This is the best time to see the Nairobi park animals as they rise up for feed. Make a dash to the Impala view point to see the sunrise at 0630hrs. It’s amazing to watch the sun rise in the background with the savannah in your foreground.
Down below, you will see tens of grazers including zebras, buffalos, wildebeests, impalas and gazelles. The Nairobi skyline with its tall skyscrapers forms your horizon to the north. It’s just surreal to be in Nairobi national park for your half day game drive this early.
0645hrs: Drive to the Ivory burning monument. Here you will marvel at the ash from the previous ivory burning events that have happened over the years. There are some informative boards explaining why the ivory is burned and the goal. Sometimes, you will find a few buffalos and even lions around this site. Caution is advised when approaching this area as it’s a visited by all kinds of animals.
0800hrs: Your driver will drive you to the hyena dam as you watch wildlife. View the hundreds of birds in the dam as they florick including the giant heron, grey heron, spoon bills, Hadada ibis, sacred ibis, spurwings, African fish eagle, kingfishers, and Marabou storks among others.
You will also see hippos inside the water while others may be basking on the banks. They will be making their loud noises and yawning while they bop their heads in and out of the water. You may also see an occasional crocodile in this waters.
You will also get a chance to see a lazy lion pride resting under a tree or a lone female stalking impalas along the road. Sometimes they will use the cover of your game drive vehicle to approach their prey before pouncing.
If luck is on your side, you may stumble on a lone cheetah male on a fresh kill and take some amazing close up photos. Around the bend, you will come face to face with a herd of 50 buffalos and they all stop to feed and stare you down. All 100 sets of eyes on you without twitching a muscle. The calves are put inside the circular formation, followed by the females and at the perimeter, the large bulls look outwards for trouble.
A lone old giraffe male straddles the road and won’t give an inch. The stubborn giraffe will force you to drive around him as he stands smack in the middle of the game drive track. But atleast you get to take some of the closest-up pictures with the giraffe standing 4 feet away from your vehicle pop up roof hatch.
0900hrs: At nine, go for a visit to the Mbagathi River for a small walking safari. The Nairobi walking trip along the river winds around the river bank in thick brush and acacia forest. Here, you have to get an armed escort or 2 to make sure you are safe. This is an area frequented by lions, giraffes and buffalos.
At the Nairobi river hiking trail, you will see many terrapins in the water and also crocodiles and sometimes hippos in the water. There is a small Masai market for the local people across the footbridge where you can buy some artifacts.
1030hrs: Start your departure from Nairobi Park with an enroute game drive. Drive to the kingfisher picnic site and the Mokoyiet picnic site for some of the most scenic views and for a bathroom break.
Watch the other grazers and baboons on the plains as they go about their business. There are over 500 species of birds here and your guide will point them out for you.
Exit the gate and visit the Sheldrick elephant orphanage of its part of your morning tour.
End of services
INCLUSIONS
Transport in a safari minivan with pop up roof top
Pick up and drop off at the JKIA airport
Services of an English speaking driver guide
Drinking water
Comprehensive 4hr game drive
EXCLUSIONS
Park entrance fees
Tips
You can book your Nairobi half day trip now from Robert on whatsapp or call +254 722 661 827 or email Rmuhoho@gmail.com Directly. We take on last minute bookings as well and will pick you from your hotel, home, school or hostel.
Nairobi CBD – Nairobi National Park: (10km: 20min)
Naivasha – Nairobi Park: (170km: 4hrs)
Nairobi JKIA Airport – Nairobi National Park: (22km: 45min)
Half-Day Nairobi Game Drive Trip | Game Viewing Package in Kenya – Corporate/Group/Student Packages
An exciting Half-day game trip to Nairobi’s nearest game viewing national park. This ½ -day trip to Nairobi national park includes a pick up from hotel air airport, guide services, 4×4 or safari mini van game drive, water and park fees. A 4-6hr game drive in nairobi park is also inclusive.
The Nairobi national park half day trip Packages: A half-day trip in Nairobi national park package in Kenya is a great way to spend your morning or afternoon watching wildlife. If you fancy nature, it’s only 10 minutes away from your hotel in Nairobi CBD. You can take the Nairobi park half day tour as private, shared, student group tour, bird watching tour, walking safari, photo tour etc. So convenient is Nairobi national park Kenya that you can have a morning game drive and get back to your hotel for an afternoon meeting. Do you have to go to the Nairobi national park gate for a game drive vehicle? No. You can get a pick up from hotel, home, university, hospital or hostel within Nairobi.
The Nairobi naional park half day trip is ideal for cabin crew, airline staff, corporate groups, company staff, students, mission groups with a day to spare in Nairobi city. You can take a half day tour in nairobi park as you wait for a jkia layover or have an extra night in nairobi in transit.
Here are the 6Nairobi national park half day trip packageprices as per category of group sizes.
Group Size Nairobi Half Day Trip Packages
Cost Of Day Trip Per Person (excl. park fees)
1 Person private ½ day trip
$ 120
2-3 persons private ½ day trip
$ 90
4-6 persons private ½ day trip
$ 80
Above 6 persons private ½day trip
$ 70
Children below 18 yrs
75% of Adult rate
Infants below 3 yrs
Free of charge
** Prices excludes park entrance
fees of usd 43pp
Group Discounts available for Nairobi National Park Half-Day large corporate group and student Trip packages.
Booking a Nairobi national park half-day trip, you will enjoy the various attractions including:
Enjoy
the sunrise from Nairobi national park view point
Visit
the ivory burning monument on you Nairobi park day trip
Watch
the Wildlife of Nairobi park in a morning or evening trip
See
the hippos at the river and the Nairobi park dams
Go
on a walking trail near the Mbagathi river in the park
Visit
the Mokoyiet view point ending your Nairobi national park trip
It’s the only park that gives you
a chance to watch and take shots of the game with the city skyline forming your
background. The park is only 7km from the center of Nairobi capital and it’s
the only park to be located inside a capital city in the entire world. You can request for a budget, cheap, guided or
private Nairobi national park half day
tour in the morning or evenings. You can also do the Nairobi half day park safari in a safari minivan or a 4×4
Landcruiser.
1. Enjoy the Sunrise from Nairobi National Park View Point
Impala hill observation point is
one of the first place to visit on your morning game drive. If you want to see
the best sunrise in Africa, you will need to go to the impala hill right near
the gate. This observation point is one of the best places to see the sunrays
as it rises from the eastern plains of the park.
The sunrise is between 6:10am to
6:30am and you can actually see it rise up within 2 minutes. It’s an amazing
way to start your day here as you gaze at the sun in the chilly morning air.
Crispy freshness and calm surrounds you on this hill as you look down to the
sun and the animals below.
Morning Nairobi national park half day trip is usually the best way to
start your day in the wilderness if you have 1- day to spare in between your meetings in the city.
2. Visit the Ivory Burning Monument on You Nairobi Park Day Trip
Kenya has always stood stoically
against the trade in ivory. To show our commitment to the ban in elephant
tusks, our governments have occasionally burnt stock piles of ivory recovered
from poachers and traffickers. So far 3 such events have taken place and the
place that hosts the burning of the ivory is called the ivory burning monument.
Here you can see the ash remains of the past burns with some info graphics
posted on sign posts.
You are allowed to walk around
the monument and enjoy the views from here as you learn about Kenyans struggle
to fight poaching and the illegal trade in ivory. It’s not surprising that
Kenya is a big proponent of the ban on ivory trade during each of the (Conference
of Parties) COP global meetings by IUCN to discuss indexing of endangered
species.
Don’t take the ivory ash away as
its illegal to carry any part of the parks ecosystem. Take a few pictures and
especially the information posters for later reference when writing your
travelogues.
3. Watch the Wildlife of Nairobi Park in a Morning or Evening Trip
Drive along the savannah
grasslands and soon enough you will start to see lots of animals especially the
grazers. What animals can you see in
Nairobi national park half day trip?
The park is full of grazers including zebras, buffalos, giraffes, rhinos,
impalas, gazelles, elands, hartebeests, wildebeests and many more. These are
plentiful especially around the Athi Basin where the grass is plentiful and
there is a large dam for the animals.
A stubborn male giraffe will
stand right in the middle of the game track allowing you little space for your
game drive vehicle to pass. A great chance to take close up photos of this
gentle giant. A pair of white rhinos lazily grazing 3 feet away with no care in
the world.
You might be in luck and see a
lion pride with a kill. Usually, the circling vultures up in the air are a good
indicator of a kill. You can sit for an hour just watching the lions feed or
socialize with each other just afew feet from your vehicle. There are about 35
lions in 5 prides in this park.
A lioness on the prowl for prey
walks along the game drive track alongside your vehicle for 30 meters, while a
satiated cheetah lies next to her kill. Obviously too full to continue eating
it all by herself. Over at the dam, you see a juvenile crocodile stalking some
Egyptian geese while a pair of lazy hippos lie on a small island on the lake.
It’s all happening in Nairobi national park. If you are unlucky enough a
naughty baboon will make off with your bagels or the coffee cup at the Mokoyiet
picnic site. It’s all happening in your Nairobi
national park half day game drive, you blink your eye and miss a moment.
4. See the Hippos at the River and the Nairobi Park Dams
As you drive on the savannah
plains of Nairobi national park,
there are loads of hippos in the water. Some of these man made dams have tens
of hippos which can easily be seen as they stand on the water. The hippos come
out to feed on grass at night and can travel many kilometers from the dam. They
will yawn at you and stare with menacing eyes.
In Africa, hippos remain the
number 1 animal that causes the most fatalities among people. This is mostly
due to the fact that humans use the same rivers and dams to watch clothes and
fetch water for their uses. It’s therefore very common to run into aggressive
bulls or mother hippos with their calves, who are exceedingly dangerous to
humans.
In some evening game drives, you
will actually see the hippos coming out of the water and start to graze around
the dam or just block your path as you are trying to exit. Hippos can also be
found on river Mbagathi which forms the southern boundary of the park.
4. Go on a Walking Trail near The Mbagathi River in the Park
Nothing beats a walk along the
Mbagathi River as you end your group game drive in a Nairobi national park half day safari. There is a short walking
trail along this river inside Nairobi national park. Here you can see
wildebeests, giraffes, lions, and buffalos among the brush.
In the Mbagathi River, there are
crocodiles and hippos and some terrapins. The river is full of fish and the
crocodiles here live on them. It is such a refreshing walk but you have to have
some armed guides to show you around and provide security in case of dangerous
animals.
The river hiking trail in Nairobi
Park is made even better as you will be walking below the canopy of the acacia
trees lining the sides of the Mbagathi River. This makes great shade and escape
from the now scorching sun. There is a community bridge at some point where you
can cross and buy some souvenirs from local Masai women staying across the
park.
5. Visit the Mokoyiet View Point Ending Your Nairobi National Park Trip
Viewpoints are the highlights of your
Nairobi national park ½ day trip.
One of the most dramatic view point is the Mokoyiet picnic site view point. You
will drive on a graded section of the road leading to the Mokoyiet picnic site.
Look over the metal fence into the ravine below to see the river Mbagathi lined
with evergreen acacia trees. It is one of the most scenic site that you yearn
to go down there by the trees shade.
Just a few feet below your legs
are families of rock hyraxes. A small rodent like animal that lives on rocks
and is never shy to approach you for food. It’s amazing to watch them dash in
and out of the rock crevices which they call home. Occasionally, you will see them
make a hazard call and in a second they are all out of sight. It is then that
you see the wide wings of a martial eagle above your heads as it sweeps around
for prey. The rock hyrax is one of their delicacies and they make hundreds of
runs near these cliff to try their luck for a piece of tender meat. On this
occasion, the security sentry man of the hyraxes was all eyes and ears and say
the eagle from miles away.
Watch out for the crazy baboons
here too which are fond of snatching food and sometimes mugging you of your
snacks if you resist. Naughty baboons can even tell the difference between a
male from a female human. They are more aggressive towards the women as they
demand food. But the driver guides are always armed with a red shawl and a whip
which they have a mortal fear for. The whips are mostly used to scare them off
and never will they be used to hurt the animals.
You can book your Nairobi national park half day trip now from Robert on whatsapp or call +254 722 661 827 or email Rmuhoho@gmail.com Directly. We take on last minute bookings as well and will pick you from your hotel, home, school or hostel. Request for discounts for large corporate, company group or student rates for Nairobi national park half day trips.
