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NAIROBI CITY TOUR.  The guide will pick you from the hotel in the morning and take around the city. Nairobi city, the capital of Kenya, is the only city with a national park in it’s midst.In it and its outskirts, are several eye brow raising and interesting attractions, which include: DAVID SHELDRICK’S ELEPHANT ORPHANAGE.

David Sheldrick’s near Nairobi national park is a rescue center for elephant calves and rhinos orphaned by poaching from all over the country. Here, they receive daily  treatment from very committed staff members who literally become their surrogate mothers. Eventually when the calves are strong enough, they are moved to Tsavo, where they are carefully reintroduced into wild herds. From 11:00 am to 12;00 pm, the calves are exercised, bathed and fed with milk and at this time, the visitors are free to visit and watch.

GIRAFFE CENTER. The giraffe center started after discovering the sad plight for the Rothschild giraffe found only in the grasslands of East Africa. The effort to breed the subspecies was started by bringing two young giraffes, Daisy and Marlon, to the Lang’ata suburb, south west of Nairobi. This is where the calves were raised and a programme of breeding giraffes in captivity commenced. Thanks to this breeding, there are now over 300 species of the Rothschild giraffes safe in various Kenyan national parks. The center’s main purpose is to give both local and international visitors an opportunity to come into close contact with the world’s tallest species, the giraffe.

MAMBA VILLAGE. Mamba village, 13 km from the city, is a crocodile farm which holds over 70 Nile crocodiles, Masai ostriches, horses and tortoises. The farm has got hospitality facilities including several restaurants, where you will take your lunch.

BOMAS OF KENYA. A rich diversity of Kenyan traditional music and dance is exhibited here. The bomas repertoire consists of over 50 dances from different ethnic communities. With live percussion, string and wind instruments, diverse, authentic and energetic dancing, bomas harambee dancers will take you on a journey through Kenya’s past and present. The bomas of Kenya has an enviable conferencing facility in a quiet and serene setting. The Utamaduni restaurant of bomas of Kenya is of its own kind! As diverse as the traditional cultures of Kenya, so are the sumptuous meals here.  

MEAL PLAN: Lunch (not catered for).

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