Nairobi National Park is exclusive by being the only protected area around the world with a diversity of wild animals and birds close to a capital city. The park is a prime attraction for guests to Nairobi.

The Park also serves as a recreation centre to many residents and citizens living in Nairobi. It has a diverse environment with distinctive vegetation and animal life. Open grass plains with scattered acacia bush are principal. On the western side of the Park is a highland dry forest with a permanent stream and a riverine forest in the south.

Furthermore, the park has stretches of scattered thickets and deep, rocky valleys and gorges with scrub and long grass. Man-made dams also attract water dependent herbivores during the dry season. The park offers visitors an abundant birdlife with close ton 400 species recorded. However all species are not always present and some are seasonal. Northern migrants pass through the park primarily during late March through April.

Nairobi National Park is one of the most successful of Kenya’s rhino sanctuaries that is already generating a stock for reintroduction in the species former range and other upcoming sanctuaries. Due to this success, it is one of the few parks where a visitor can be certain of seeing a black rhino in its natural habitat.

To the south of the park is the Athi-Kapiti Plains and Kitengela Migration and dispersal area. These are vital areas for herbivores dispersal during the rains and concentrate in the park in the dry season.

Major Attraction - Black rhinoceros; diverse birdlife; large predators – lion, leopard, hyena and cheetah; aggregations of large herbivores – eland, buffalo, zebra and wildebeest; Ivory Burning Site Monument; walking trails at hippo pools; Nairobi Safari Walk and the Orphanage; spacious picnic sites.

Activities - Wildlife viewing, picnic activities, safari walk.

Wildlife - Over 80 recorded species to include rhino, buffalo, lion, leopard, crocodile and hippo (no elephants) and more than 400 species of birds.

Getting there - Access by road - The park is located only about 7 km from the city centre, the Park is easily accessible on tarmac roads, mainly through Lang’ata Road.

Where to stay - There are no accommodation facilities within the reserve and guests stay within the Nairobi city hotels offering various accommodation options.