Safari in Kenia

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Nairobi
Province: Nairobi
District: Nairobi
Population: 3.000.000
Altitude: 1,533-1,760m
Vegetation: Dry transitional savannah on the plain with gallery forests in the valle

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Nairobi as capital city, is unique in having a wildlife park on its doorstep. It is actually possible to photograph a rhino browsing peacefully among the whistling thorn with highrise office buildings in the background. Since some of the wildlife is migratory, when there is grazing and water outside the park, it moves out into Maasailand throught he unfenced southern border. Despite this, there is a resident population and therefore a visit at any time during the year is rewarding.
Of the most popular species, only the elephant is an absentee. But the rest of the big five - the leopard, the lion, the buffalo and the rhino - as well as a multitude of other creatures are well represented in this National Park. Large populations of giraffe, wildebeest, eland and Thompson's gazelle dominate the plains with secretary birds and powerful ostrich as attractive counter-points.
The observant park staff will usually elicit the location of lions and cheetah on enquiry at the gate.More recently,the park has been designated a Rhino Sanctuary and more than 50 rhinos have been brought here from various remote parts of the country where poaching was rampant. So if you want to see rhino, Nairobi National Park is the place to be.

Along the south western boundary, the scenery is magnificent. Here steep valleys have been created by streams as they make their way into river Athi. Later on this boundary road, there is a splendid veiw over the kitengela plains, the dispersal area for the park's herds. Within the parks perimeter there can be found over 80 species of mammals and more bird species than can be found on the British Isles.
Near the main gate is the Animal Orphanage. The orphanage is maintained more for those who are unable to visit the parks. Near the Banda gate though, Daphne Sheldrick runs a true orphanage where she cares for young elephants and rhinos. Young elephants may not always be present as they are never kept longer than necessary.