Nairobi Half-day Tour: Explore Nairobi National Park, Giraffe Centre, and Karen Blixen Museum
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110 Ratings
Nairobi
Experience the best of Nairobi in just one day! Visit Nairobi National Park, Giraffe Centre, and Karen Blixen Museum on this guided tour. All-inclusive transportation and an entertaining driver guide provided.
Duration: 1 day
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Bigfoot Adventures - Start your Nairobi City tour with a pickup from your hotel and a short drive to Nairobi National Park at 0600 in the morning. Take a Game Drive through the National Park for a chance to see all the wildlife the National Park has to offer such from lions to rhinos to gazelles to zebras and buffalos without leaving the confines green city under the sun.

Then, for an hour, head to the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust to see young orphaned elephants during their feeding time and learn how they are being rehabilitated. This will be from 11 am-1200 noon.

Then head to the Giraffe Centre, a nonprofit organization that teaches visitors about environmental conservation. Get to interact with Rothschild’s Giraffes that you can watch, take pictures with and feed.

You can break for lunch and shopping (which is optional and at own expense) before heading to Karen Blixen Museum, a popular attraction that teaches you about Dutch settler culture and cultures from around Kenya.

Tour ends with hotel or airport drop-off.

Asante Sana

What's Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Experienced driver/guide
  • Complimentary bottled water
  • Air-conditioned safari minivan with pop-up roof
What's Not Included
  • Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
  • Nairobi national park $43
  • David Sheldrick $5
  • Giraffe center $10
  • Karen Blixen $13
  • Gratuities
  • Food and drinks (available to purchase)
Additional Information

Did you know it’s possible to see almost all the best Nairobi attractions sites in just one day? On this guided tour; you get to Visit Nairobi National Park, the David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage, the Giraffe Centre and Karen Blixen Museum. This is an exciting itinerary made easy with all-inclusive transportation and an entertaining driver guide. At the end of the day, you’ll have a good sense of what sets Nairobi City apart from all the other cities in the world.

Karibu Kenya

  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
Location
Central Business District
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Q7942bwfernandaf
Jun 5, 2024
Nairobi national park safari with Saidi - We went on a day Safari to Narobi National Park and also visited the Sheldrick Elephant orphanage. Our guide Saidi definitely made this trip one of the most enjoyable we had in Kenya. He was on time for our early pick up , and brought with him a warm smile and positive attitude. Saidi was also very knowledgeable, warm, friendly and engaging. He went above and beyond to make sure that we got to see all the animals we were looking forward to spotting and made the process a fun and upbeat experience for us. Try to book an experience with him if you can. Highly recommend.
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Jamesdo1672iv
Jun 4, 2024
Amazing Safari! - We had such an amazing time on this safari. Saidi was our guide for the day and did an incredible job - he was knowledgeable, fun to hang out with, and worked so hard to find us the lions we’d been hoping to see! I’d highly recommend this tour, and would doubly recommend Saidi as a guide.
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Douglas
May 1, 2024
Amazing Kenyan Safari Family Experience - Where to begin… Outstanding. Exceeded expectations. Incredible. Trip of a lifetime. Exceptional service and attention to detail. The list goes on and on. The bottom line is that spending 12 days exploring all that Kenya has to offer was an unforgettable experience, and was made possible by the sincere and genuine care and attention that Anthony - our guide from Bigfoot Adventures - put into making this truly the trip of a lifetime. From the very beginning, chatting with him on WhatsApp was easy and a breeze as he planned and tailored the trip to our needs. Each minute of the trip was planned for us, which meant we could relax and enjoy the moments, leaving us with a stress free trip with nothing to worry about. And to be clear, this is no small undertaking when traveling with a 5-year old and 1-year old, but Anthony did it masterfully. He arranged a car seat for our youngest, was mindful of both kids attention spans and need for engagement, he made things fun and exciting for them, and was always quick to entertain them or play with them if they’d had enough of mom and dad! We started with a lovely two days at Karen Blixen Cottages - which was an experience all in itself that you should treat yourself to if you have the chance! We enjoyed a fun and memorable glass blowing experience where we made our own items to take home, then fed giraffes at the Giraffe Sanctuary, played with baby elephants at Sheldrick Trust, and went on a game drive at Nairobi National Park where we saw lions, giraffes, buffalo, crocodiles and so many other animals! Next up was Amboseli National Park. When we arrived and headed to lunch, we were greeted by elephants grazing beside the lodge with the majestic Mount Kilimanjaro in the background. Morning and afternoon game drives let us experience so many wonderful animals close up and personal - elephants, giraffes, buffalo, lions and countless others! Both the lodge - which was incredible - and the animals left us in awe of the splendor of Amboseli. We then traveled to Lake Naivasha where we stayed at the SOPA Lodge, and were literally surrounded by giraffes, water buck and zebras - such a cool experience. The lodge was the perfect place to relax and enjoy the views of the animals and lake - and the food was top notch! We did a fun boat safari to see birds and hippos, while we made our way to an island where they filmed “Out of Africa”. On the island, we were able to walk amongst the animals which was really cool for the kids, and we were able to see two baby giraffes hiding in the grass from just a few feet away. We left Naivasha and headed to Ol Pejeta Conservancy to experience three more days of incredible game drives, filled with tons of rhino, in addition to all the other animals you expect to see. We saw lions mating, lions fighting and enjoying a kill (buffalo) - and then saw the herd of buffalo retaliating against the lions and go after them, which was quite exciting! We saw young male elephants play fighting to display dominance, a rare striped hyena, and even fed a blind black rhino. We then saw the last two remaining Northern White rhinos in existence, and learned about the huge undertaking of trying to use IVF and Southern White rhinos as surrogates, in an attempt to save the species - such a great learning experience for our family on the wonderful efforts the Conservancy is undertaking. If you’ve made it this far in reading this review, thank you. I’ve tried to capture a glimpse of the absolute incredible experience that Anthony created for my family, but honestly, words can’t do it justice. You need to experience this for yourself, because the memories are priceless and are unable to be captured in words. Thank you to Bigfoot Adventures for allowing us the opportunity to enjoy such a memorable experience, and thank you to Anthony for making it perfect!! We can’t wait to come back again!!
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Mkdeitrick
Apr 21, 2024
Ask for Saidi — he’ll give you a great day in Nairobi! - I had only one day for any sightseeing, during a business trip that was also my first ever to Kenya. Saidi was a fantastic guide through the National Park, where he pointed out every animal, and made sure we saw as many as possible, including a group of about 10 lions! With every “trick up his sleeve” we’d round a corner and see a new group of animals. We continued on to the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, the Matbronze gallery, and the Giraffe Centre. He ended my day with a delightful community souvenir shop, and even worked in an extra stop so I could find a charging cord to save my dying phone! I couldn’t have asked for a better day to experience the highlights of Nairobi. Thank you, Saidi!
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130emilyc
Mar 24, 2024
Unforgettable experience! - I had an incredible experience with Bigfoot adventures. From the beginning of contact to the end, I felt secure and well taken care of. My guide for my safari was Morris and he was absolutely amazing!!! I went on a solo trip and he made the whole experience unforgettable. It was my first safari and I honestly think it may be hard to beat! Morris made sure that we didn’t give up and that we saw the animals I wanted to see, we even got the bonus of seeing cheetahs in Nairobi National Park!!! Overall, an awesome experience that I have already recommended to all of my friends!!
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Louieansonn
Mar 8, 2024
Best tour agncy in Kenya - Mr. Morris was very knowledgable about the areas that we visited and provided us with a lot of facts about the animals. Thanks to him we were able to see 3 lion kills.
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Mikemj2505uk
Mar 4, 2024
Great company for game drive. - I found Big Foot online and decided to give them a shot. I texted Dan enquiring about a game drive to Nairobi National Park and he was very helpful and upfront with the charges. On the day of the game drive, our tour guide was Saidi who showed up promptly at 5:30am. Saidi is very easy going and extremely polite and my entire family enjoyed the game drive and we got some super great memories. Other than the game drive, we were only able to go to the giraffe centre which my kids realy enjoyed. I would highly recommend Big Foot and will use them again hopefully to Masai Mara when we make plans for that safari.
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467feleciat
Jan 13, 2024
Great tour/transportation company - We had an absolute awesome time! We had no worries about transportation…..just sit back and let Bigfoot do the driving. This allowed us to capture pictures and be “in the moment”. Bottled water was provided and a very knowledgeable driver. This was one of the best decisions we made. It was well worth the money to invest in transportation. When we return, we will definitely use this company again!
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Andichuan
Jan 6, 2024
Excellent and exceptional - Words cannot express the level of service we received from the Bigfoot team starting with Daniel Mbugua the MD of the company down to all the tour guides. Excellent and exceptional sum up our experience. As a family if 4 that travelled with close friends in total a group of 7, Daniel assisted in helping us arrange our VIP airpot services in JKIA upon arrival, Airport transportation to our destination as well as daily van service, Nairobi National Park /Giraffe Center / Elephant Sanctuary As well as Mara hotel/safari trip. Daniel assisted us in booking our 3 day 2 night Masaii Mara trip with a wonderful stay at the Mara Serena Safari Lodge .He ensured that we had absolutely everything we needed prior to our arrival to Nairobi Kenya. The communication with Daniel was easy and very timely considering the time difference as we reside in the US , he ensured WhatsApp messages , txt messages and emails were responded to and all requests/questions were answered and addressed promptly and extremely professionally. We had afew drivers that took us to different parts of the country and each driver was extremely professional,polite and knowledgeable. Sam took us to Masaii Mara and his knowledge of the terrain/territory as well as the nuggets of wisdom he taught us was amazing. We can not thank the team enough and HIGHLY RECOMMEND their services! A guarantee you will NOT be disappointed! Thank you Daniel and Team ( each and everyone we encountered) for a Job amazingly done. The Abram Family Houston ,Tx
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Geoff
Dec 28, 2023
Good day out - If in Nairobi it is a must see. Close by but a good variety of animals. We saw 3 lions, giraffe, zebra, antelope/gazelle, turtle, hippo, buffalo, ostrich, jackal, rhino(up close was seriously cool). Kevin our driver was fantastic. Thanks for a great day.
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