From Nairobi: Nairobi National Park Game Drive

Explore Nairobi National Park on a guided half-day tour with an expert driver-guide and round-trip transfers in a customized 4x4 safari vehicle.

Getting started

Get picked up from your Nairobi hotel or the airport for your round-trip transfers in a customized 4x4 safari vehicle. Your expert English-speaking driver-guide explains the plan for your half-day game drive and assists with Nairobi National Park entry formalities and registration. Once park fees are settled at the gate, you enter the park and begin driving toward the main wildlife viewing areas.

What to expect

Nairobi National Park

This half-day game drive takes you through Nairobi National Park’s open plains and wooded valleys, where wildlife roams with the city skyline in the background. Throughout the tour, your driver-guide uses their wildlife tracking experience to position the vehicle at key viewpoints and picnic spots.

Features

• Wildlife viewing with city backdrop: As you move through the park’s ecosystems, look out for endangered Black Rhinos, lions, leopards, buffaloes, giraffes, zebras, cheetahs, and herds of other plains game, often with Nairobi’s skyscrapers visible behind them for distinctive photo opportunities.
• Birdwatching across the plains: Over 400 bird species inhabit the park, including the African Crowned Eagle and the colorful Secretary bird, which your driver-guide helps you identify as you travel between different habitats.
• Included guided game drive format: You spend your half-day game drive in a high-clearance, customized 4x4 safari vehicle, with an expert English-speaking driver-guide who leads a comprehensive half-day tour through the park’s diverse ecosystems and shares insights on animal behavior.
• Comfort and inclusions on board: Complimentary bottled mineral water is available throughout the drive, while all local taxes and service charges are already covered, so you can focus on the experience rather than logistics.

Ivory Burning Site Monument

This stop highlights Kenya’s stance against poaching and the illegal ivory trade, set at the site where confiscated ivory was publicly destroyed.

Features

• Historic conservation landmark: Visit the Ivory Burning Site Monument and see where piles of seized ivory were burned to demonstrate Kenya’s commitment to ending the illegal ivory trade, with your driver-guide explaining its significance for modern wildlife protection.
• Guided visit included: Time at the monument is built into your half-day tour through the park ecosystems and is covered within the services of your knowledgeable, English-speaking driver-guide and the overall tour inclusions.

Impala Observation Point

This elevated picnic and viewing area provides a change of pace during your game drive and a broad look over the surrounding landscape.

Features

• Scenic viewing stop: Pause at Impala Observation Point for short breaks and panoramic views of the park, using the height of the lookout to scan for wildlife on the plains below.
• Included stop within your route: The visit to Impala Observation Point is part of your half-day guided route, with your customized 4x4 safari vehicle bringing you right to the site while your driver-guide remains available for questions.
• Support with logistics: Throughout your time in the park, including at this stop, you continue to receive assistance with park entry formalities and the benefit of all local taxes and charges already being taken care of.

Wrapping up

After your half-day tour through Nairobi National Park’s ecosystems, your driver-guide exits the park and returns you by the same customized 4x4 safari vehicle to your Nairobi hotel or the airport, completing your round-trip transfers.