Your Half Day Nairobi layover tour to Nairobi national park departs the JKIA airport immediately after arrival of your flight. Our driver will be waiting for you at the arrival terminal with your name on a placard. The Nairobi national park Layover game drive tours are mostly private due to different arrival schedules at Nairobi international airport. You can book your private Nairobi day tour with national park wildlife drive or the nairobi museum even on arrival at JKIA.
You can be looking to go for any of the below nairobi long layover tours and you will only need to contact one tour operator or agent in nairobi.
Another combination that you can select to mix the city and wildlife is the half day Nairobi city tour & giraffe feeding experience. This can be as a private or budget full day safari from Nairobi to Nairobi National Park and other attractions nearby.
There are many Nairobi city layover tours Packages to choose from and you can choose from the best safari plans from Nairobi airport. Find out which is the best Nairobi airport layover hotel to stay in as you wait for your day trip within, near or around nairobi city. You can enjoy a sunrise Nairobi day tour with park and viewpoint to see the sun going up and wildife below in nairobi national park. Below are some suggestions of the best Nairobi day tours departing early morning from Nairobi airport or your nairobi hotel.
You don’t have to make advance booking and you can actually send a WhatsApp message or call at the last minute and someone will pick you up. The Nairobi national park is only 417 square kilometres in size and can be comfortably covered in 4 hours of game drive. We make it easy to book a Nairobi long layover safari to the park as most people decide a day prior or even on the same day. If you are a photographer, you can book a photography tour Nairobi daylight wildlife and landscapes for a dull day in the city and the park.
The Nairobi national park half-day layover game drive can be done in a standard safari minivan or a 4×4 Jeep land cruiser. The 4×4 will come at a higher cost than the safari minivan but the game drive experience is generally the same. Most of the park roads are well graded and there is nowhere a jeep will go that a van won’t go, bearing in mind that off-road driving is not allowed anyway.
JKIA layover safari from the Nairobi airport can be done if you have any stop-over for 4, 6, 8, to 12 hours. The park is just opposite the JKIA airport and in fact the planes approach path is above the park itself. So the risk of missing your connecting flight from the JKIA is minimal if you start the game drive immediately on landing. The Park’s East gate is in fact only 10minutes away from the Nairobi International Airport. You can be out of the airport at 6.30am and back by 1.00pm in time for your connecting flight in the afternoon or the evening.
Nairobi national park half day layover safari brings you close to thousands of animals and bird species. The most popular animals to see here include the lions, buffalos, rhinos, giraffes, leopards among others. There are also hippos, crocodiles, impalas, gazelles, hyenas, baboons, silver backed jackals, pythons, puff udders, cheetahs, wildebeests, zebras, hartebeests, elands among others. The half day tours provides you with a chance to experience things to do in Nairobi one day cultural and nature highlights.
The birds species in Nairobi include go-away birds, plovers, Egrets, Madagascar Bee eater, African fish eagle, Kori Bustard, Secretary bird, Ostriches, African fin-foot, African Crested cranes, ground hornbill, Goliath Heron, African Skimmer, Egyptian geese, marabou stalks, vultures, lapwings, martial eagles, tawny eagles, common kite, among hundreds of others. There are more than 400 species of birds in the park. Nairobi national park bird watching layover safari is popular with birders and twitchers with afew rare sightings. It’s easy to do 50 sightings in a half a days layover birding experience. There are many other places for bird watching day trip from Nairobi city centre that you can enquire about.
Most airports around the world are never interesting to hang around in during layovers. Nairobi international or JKIA is not an exception. It is very boring to stick at the airport during transit. Some layovers can be as long as 12 hours or even 24 hours staring at walls. Its possible to reserve a budget or a luxury Nairobi day tour with private guide and transportation right from the airport or hotel. Most luxury nairobi day tours include a 4×4 jeep exclusive transportation or an aircondition van transfers.
Out of the airport, you will meet wonderful Kenyan people who are very welcoming and ready to show you their country. The driver guides are exceptional in their knowledge of the Nairobi national park and wildlife. In the few hours on your Nairobi city layover tour, you will learn so much about the country, its people and animals that you will wish you had more time to spare. Its worth every penny you will spend on the Nairobi airport layover packages.
Besides a Nairobi national park layover game drive, you can also combine with other great attractions around the city. All these are afew minutes from the airport and you will be back in time for your connecting transit flight. These are ideal Nairobi day trips for families with children as well when you have a day to spare.
The other popular places include the Sheldrick elephant orphanage where you can watch and touch rescued baby elephants are they are fed on milk from bottles. You will hear more about their sad cases of abandonment and hope. The giraffe centre gives you an opportunity to feed the giraffes by hand and take some selfies. You can book an excursion for a Nairobi day tour including elephant orphanage & David Sheldrick to see and feed the baby elephant and probably even adopt one.
You can also combine the Nairobi park layover safari with Karen Blixen or the national museum to learn more about Kenyans history, people and politics. The Kitengela glass factory is another place where you can watch the ornamental glass blowers make exciting bottles, kitchenware and decorative pieces.
Another fun place to do a hike is Ngong Hills located only 15km from the airport. Here you can do a walking nature day tour near Nairobi hills or opt for the more challenging Longonot mountain.
A visit to the Masai market will allow you to buy gift items and souvenirs for your family back home including prints, wildlife themed t-shirts, shawls, dresses, print trousers, figurines, wood crafted animals, fridge magnets, reading bookmarks, table mats, local leather sandals, paintings, masks among many others things.
A drive by city tour will introduce you to the old Victorian architecture building built during the colonial era by the British settlers. The robust city of Nairobi is a surprise to many people who previously thought it to be a small derelict township. The modern city is vibrant with modern buildings, roads and all amenities you can think off. The guide will point out the parliament, the Kenyatta International Convention Centre, the office of the president, The city market, Nairobi university, Gods corner, central park and many more of iconic places.
Hellsgate national park gives you a chance for a full day adventure tour from Nairobi including hiking and bicycle riding among wildlife. You can hike deep into the gorges and visit hells bedroom ina short 9km hike.
For those that like to experience local cultures and peoples, you can book a local culture day tour Nairobi including markets & tribes like the masai market and the masai villages on the outskirts of nairobi.
For more details on going on a half day layover to Nairobi national park or the city, contact Robert via whatsapp for last minute bookings on +254722661827 or email info@sojournsafaris.co.ke
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