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User Reviews of Nairobi National Park (106 Reviews)

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4.1509 / 5 4.2 /5
4.3077 / 5 3.8544 / 5 3.4348 / 5 4.0128 / 5

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Female avatar icon Heather United States flag US       Visited: November 2014 Reviewed: Jun 7, 2015

20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

The review below is the personal opinion of Heather and not that of SafariBookings.
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Nairobi National Park is not one of the best parks to visit in Kenya. If you are coming to Kenya specifically for safari, there are so many bigger and more beautiful parks and reserves in Kenya with greater variety of wildlife. However, I had already been to most of the other big tourist destination parks in Kenya and I had an extra day in Nairobi, so I decided to book a day safari in Nairobi National Park and I'm glad I did. Although it's not as wonderful as the Maasai Mara, Samburu, Tsavo, or any of the other big parks, it is still a wonderful little retreat into Kenya's wildlife that lies just outside the main area of the city. I was a little disappointed with the variety of the wildlife. I asked my guide why we weren't seeing lions or rhinos and he pointed towards the more heavily forested areas where the roads didn't go, and he said they mostly hid over there. We did, however, still see a lot of animals such as giraffe, zebra, many types of antelopes, buffaloes,
Read more ostriches, etc. My guide also took me to an area where I was allowed to get out of the vehicle and an armed guard took me for a short walk in search of hippos. We couldn't see them, but we could hear them on the other side of the river breathing loudly and making their unique vocalization. It was very enjoyable. For a 1 day excursion within Nairobi, I enjoyed it very much.
Avatar icon Sue Green LRPS (suebg1) United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: December 2013 Reviewed: May 26, 2015

Email Sue Green LRPS (suebg1)  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

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I would not choose this place as a single destination

Avatar icon vassolov Visited: April 2015 Reviewed: May 10, 2015

Excellent safari!

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n my opinion, when you are in Nairobi you have to visit Nairobi National Park.
The experience is incredible. There are so many animals that you can see, and also there are free on their natural environment, not in a cage as others parks.
Furthermore if you go early in the morning you can see and lions.
I believe that is a safari that you have to do!

Female avatar icon lindafiona92 Kenya flag KE       Visited: August 2014 Reviewed: May 8, 2015

Email lindafiona92  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

It was an enchanting experience worth going on several occassions.

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The only park in a capital city Kenya, Africa.. Beautiful scenery,blossoming flowers around with humming birds. Such a great experience under the sunny weather with cool breeze.

Female avatar icon aabangasser Ivory Coast flag CI       Visited: March 2014 Reviewed: May 6, 2015

35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Great half-day trip from Nairobi

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I went to the park without expecting to see the Big Five, but hoping to have a nice, short, manageable experience in the outdoors on my first trip to Africa. My hotel organized a guide for me, but I only had the afternoon available, which isn't usually ideal. My guide was not terribly knowledgeable about the birds, but he was very good at finding the animals, and we saw all kinds of things. It started slowly, with glimpses of some hippos in a pond (so he said, I wouldn't swear to it), then some giraffe, then ostriches, several different types of gazelle (some quite close), zebra, wildebeest and warthogs, secretary bird, white-eyed eagle (?), a couple of Black Rhino ambling under the acacia trees, and finally, as the grand finale, an adult male lion sitting just beside the road watching the zebras, and eventually crossing just in front of the jeep.
By all accounts this was a pretty exceptional day at the park, but even without the rhino and the lion, it was a beautiful
Read more spot, especially in the evening, and a really delightful way to spend a free afternoon in Nairobi. Definitely exceeded my expectations.
Male avatar icon aaroy Kenya flag KE       Visited: May 2015 Reviewed: May 6, 2015

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

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Very versatile wildlife including lions, rhinos, all sorts of antilopes etc. You have to be very lucky to spot a cheetah or leopard. Extremely easily accessible from Nairobi but can be rather busy on weekends.

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

Adventurous

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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.

Male avatar icon Torodd Norway flag NO       Visited: March 2013 Reviewed: Apr 29, 2015

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

Skyscrapers and lions side by side

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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!

Male avatar icon dorneyphoto United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: October 2014 Reviewed: Apr 22, 2015

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

Miles better than airport hotel

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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

Male avatar icon Felix Kamami Charles Kenya flag KE       Visited: February 2015 Reviewed: Apr 17, 2015

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

Beautiful

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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.