Amboseli National Park Stopover Trip Animals
Places to go and things to do in a Nairobi stopover tour include short tours near the city. You have afew hour’s layover in Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and want to go to Nairobi attractions and do stuff to kill your time.
You only need a Usd 25 transit visa to exit the airport into the city and do a Nairobi stopover day trip.
Depending on your arrival and departure times from the JKIA airport, you can opt for short 4-8hour trips or even more than 12 hours safaris from the airport.
Here are 3 Nairobi Stopover Tour Places to go to in a 1 day transit from the Jomo Kenyatta airport.
1. Nairobi National Park, Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage and Giraffe centre
This is a combination of some of the best places to see in Nairobi on a short stopover from the airport.
The Nairobi national park is located only some 3 km from the airport and if your flight is early you can be able to combine with the above places as well.
The Nairobi national park is a 117 sq km national park which is famous for easy sighting of the lions, rhinos, buffalos, giraffes, hippos, zebra, leopards, wildebeests among other animals.
The park is also famous for its great views and ivory burning monument. A game drive here lasts for 4 hours and you can start at 6:30am until about 10:30am.
Sheldrick elephant orphanage is a rescue centre for orphaned baby elephants and it’s located just next to the Nairobi national park on the western boundary.
Nairobi Elephant orphanage has over 20 rescued baby elephants and they allow a public viewing and lecture from 11 am to 12 noon.
You will be able to see the baby elephants being fed on bottled milk and touch them as well.
The giraffe centre is also a sanctuary for the endangered Rothschild giraffe.
The giraffe centre is located to the west of Nairobi and is a place where you can feed the giraffes with pellets provided there and also touch and take selfies with them.
This is the best combination if you are arriving early in Nairobi (5am-6.30am) and your flight is not until late afternoon from 4:00pm onwards.
2. Amboseli National Park Stopover Day Trip
Amboseli national park is located some 230km south west of Nairobi city. The park is the second most popular park in terms of visitation in Kenya.
Amboseli national park is located at the shadow of Africa’s highest mountain – Mt Kilimanjaro at 5895m asl.
Amboseli layover day trip is possible if you are arriving early at the Jomo Kenyatta international airport at 4:00am – 6:00am.
It requires an early departure from Nairobi in order to get atleast 4 hours of comprehensive game drive in the park.
The Amboseli national park is famous for the over 1500 herds of elephants that can be seen roaming in the park near the swamps and green grass.
The elephants are used to vehicles and will sometimes come too close to the car.
The park is also famous for the views of the highest mountain in Africa. The peak Kibo is visible in the morning and late evening.
You will be able to see the snow covered peak among the skies and this makes for a great photo opportunity to take pictures of animals with the peak Kibo forming your back ground.
This trip returns to Nairobi at around 6:30pm to 7:30pm in time for your 10:30pm – 11:50pm flight out of Nairobi.
3. Lake Nakuru National Park Stopover Day Trip
Lake Nakuru is a national park located some 160km north west of the capital city and sits on the floor of the Great Rift Valley.
Lake Nakuru national park layover transit tour can start any time on arrival at Jomo Kenyatta international airport from 5:00am -7:00am.
Lake Nakuru national park is a 177 sq km protected area which has a large soda lake which is home to many flamingos.
Lake nakuru national park Layover Hippos and flamingos
At the best of times, the park will have more than 2 million flamingos although recently they have mainly relocated to Lake Bogoria further north of the rift valley system.
The park is popular for its rich bird life and easy viewing of lions, buffalos, rhinos, leopards, hyenas, cheetahs, gazelles, zebras, giraffes and the stripped hyenas.
This is a full day lake Nakuru stopover trip from the Jomo Kenyatta international airport and returns to Nairobi with an airport drop off from 5:30pm -7:30pm
10 Nairobi Stopover Day Trip Activities you can choose to do on any day trip
Here are 10 more nairobi stopover tour places to go and things to do
1. Game watching: This is by far the most popular activity in Nairobi parks and the average length of a game drive is 4 -5 hours in a specially modified safari vehicle with an openable roof hatch. A great game watching destination is masai mara game reserve.
2. Birdwatching: Birding in some of the parks in and around Nairobi is a very popular activity. Most of the popular national parks have 400 -500 species of resident and migratory birds from Europe (Winter). A great park for birding is the Lake Nakuru National Park.
3. Hiking: Nairobi has some of the best hiking places which include mountains, rift valley gorges with hot springs, rain forest walks and savannah safari walks. One of the best parks for hiking is Hellsgate national park and Mt Longonot national park.
4. Photography: For professional and amateur photographers, nothing offers a great opportunity to practice your photo skills than the African wild with lots of animals and features. One of the greatest park for wildlife photography is the amboseli national park.
5. Boating: Lake Naivasha offers excellent boat riding activities to go to see hippos at hippo pool and the hundreds of birds or go for nature walks among animals on the crescent island.
6. Trout Fishing: Fly fishing of brown and rainbow trout is popular in aberdare national park and Mt Kenya national park. This is a great way to spend a full day in the quiet moorlands of these mountain parks.
7. Biking: Hells gate national park offers chance to ride a bicycle among the wildlife in some of the most serene environments surrounded by cliff faces, gawking zebra and buffalo as well as bored vultures.
8. Mountain Climbing: Mt Kenya offers a 1 day mountain climbing adventure where you walk up the rain forest in the moorland from about 3000m to 4200m. You will get the best views of the peaks of second highest mountain in Africa.
9. White Water rafting: If you have the guts for it, the Sagana River offers the most challenging white water rafting with skilled guides. Pump up your adrenaline for some water action in a single day trip.
10. Rock Climbing: Rock climbing is a popular sport in Hellsgate national park where you can climb the rock towers in the park or the cliffs or gorges.
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