​User Reviews – Nairobi NP

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assad Visited: December 2014 Reviewed: May 5, 2015

A must do while in Nairobi
Overall rating
5/5

Well if you are in Nairobi, then a trip to the Nairobi National PArk must be on the Itinerary. It is preety much the only National park in a city anywhere in the world.
Wild, untouched and well populated, one will always get to see great game from the herbivores, to the big cats and even rhino. Bird lovers will also not go wrong.

An excellent trip for an early morning trip or in the evening. Its easily accessible from the city through the many entrance gates and one can even do it in the standard family car.

The Third-Eye (very limited INTERNET ACCESS) Visited: October 2014 Reviewed: May 5, 2015

Adventurous
Overall rating
5/5

This is the only Game park within the City of Nairobi,so travelling time is max 30 min where ever you stay in Nairobi town, during my regular visits I have seen almost all the wild life including resident Lions with new born cubs as well, which one can see in major Game reserves apart from Elephants,...very good for birders during rainy season.Sometimes we see many migrant birds as far from Europe.

Torodd   –  
Norway NO
Visited: March 2013 Reviewed: Apr 29, 2015

20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

Skyscrapers and lions side by side
Overall rating
4/5

Nairobi National Park is a nice park. Here you get the opportunity to see wildlife in the bush, accompanied by tall buildings and city landscape.

The park is a very good park for viewing lions. It is also a sanctuary for endangered rihnos, so the chances are pretty high for spotting rihnos. It also offers a wide range of landscapes, with forest, plains, river and a small lake.

To walk on the paths with a KWS-guard to look for crocodiles and hippos in the river is reccomended.

The park also has an advantage with not beeing to big. It is a nice park to drive by yourself, without a safariguide.

Highly reccomended park to visit!

dorneyphoto   –  
United Kingdom UK
Visited: October 2014 Reviewed: Apr 22, 2015

50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

Miles better than airport hotel
Overall rating
4/5

We arrived here at the lodge 90 minutes after landing with dinner waiting at 2300. Next morning at 0600 we were on our first game drive. The ranger was excellent and vechicles comfortable. In 2 drives and a walk we saw 51 birds and 17 mammals including lion with the city as a back drop!!!!

The lodge was comfortable and the food was excellent

Great way to start a trip

Felix Kamami Charles   –  
Kenya KE
Visited: February 2015 Reviewed: Apr 17, 2015

Email Felix Kamami Charles  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

Beautiful
Overall rating
4/5

Nairobi National Park is the perfect destination for Nairobi residents and tourists who dont want to travel far from the capital city to see wildlife. the weather was perfect during my day of visit. and from the look of the scenery it seemed like its mostly like that. (calm weather.) we saw a variety of wildlife including lions which was my main wildlife i was eager to see. Overall rating, i would give Nairobi National park a 6.

florette kingston Visited: February 2009 Reviewed: May 24, 2014

The review below is the personal opinion of florette kingston and not that of SafariBookings.
Overall rating
3/5

worth a visit if staying in Nairobi. Not a large amount of wildlife
Nairobi National Park is a unique ecosystem by being the only protected area in the world close to a capital city. The park is located only 7 km from Nairobi city centre

Narina Exelby   –  
South Africa ZA
Visited: September 2012 Reviewed: Dec 28, 2012

35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

The review below is the personal opinion of Narina Exelby and not that of SafariBookings.
A bush experience on the borders of a bustling city
Overall rating
3/5

What makes this park so special is that it’s situated right on Nairobi’s city limits (in fact, the city is growing around the park) – and within a 20-minute drive from the airport, you can be watching rhinos graze contentedly or lions dozing under bushes.
The park is home to Kenya Wildlife Service’s headquarters; as a result the game is very well protected and Nairobi National Park has become something of sanctuary to rhinos, and there is a population of around 60. The park is mostly open grasslands, and you’re almost guaranteed of seeing hartebeest, zebra and giraffe. There is a healthy population of lions too, and one evening we watched a pride of about 15 – including many cubs – laze about as the sun set.
There are now two lodges within the park: The Emakoko, a very comfortable lodge set in small valley, with suites that look out through fever trees, and Nairobi Tented Camp, which is set in a beautiful forested ravine. If you’re travelling to Kenya for a safari experience, it’s well worth booking into one of these lodges, as you’ll not waste any time getting into bush mode.

WW   –  
United States US
Visited: October 2008 Reviewed: May 25, 2012

50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

The review below is the personal opinion of WW and not that of SafariBookings.
Overall rating
3/5

Fun to have next to the city skyline. Feels like a zoo without fences. The guides are just average.

Wim   –  
Kenya KE
Visited: February 2009 Reviewed: May 7, 2012

50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

The review below is the personal opinion of Wim and not that of SafariBookings.
Overall rating
3/5

park in a city. About to be killed by people closing the migration corridor....

Ian Macfadyen   –  
United Kingdom UK
Visited: September 2010 Reviewed: Apr 30, 2012

50-65 years of age

Overall rating
4/5

I love Nairobi N.P. and believe it's under-rated and generally under-valued. It's a shame it isn't given a higher priority by the Kenyan authorities, it could be so much better if there was greater control over the shambas which have been allowed to proliferate at the southern end of the game corridor, by which animals enter and leave the park.

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