NAIROBI CITY TOUR (3 Hours)
Our tour covers the Nairobi City Centre. Travel
to the Heart of the city where you can shop for an
authentic Safari outfit or browse the local stores.
The city tour takes you to Nairobi’s ancient
landmark buildings-Parliament buildings, Kenyatta
International Conference Center with the monument
of 1st founding President of Kenya – Mzee Jomo
Kenyatta, and to a lookout point where a spectacular
breathtaking view of the city of Nairobi awaits you.
The City market, 1998 Bomb blast site, The Railway
Museum with exhibition of the old combustive steam
engines of 1901 will also be featured.
Price per Person. 40 /- US DOLLARS
THE HISTORY OF NAIROBI
Welcome to Nairobi, the City in the Sun! Today Kenya’s
capital and a busy metropolis Africa’s center
of commerce and finance, Nairobi is only as old as
its railway and slightly older than the century.
Nairobi means “place of cold water”
in the Masai language and used to be a resting place
on the slave route between the interior of East Africa
and Mombasa, the former capital. Between 1896 and
1898, the Uganda Railway Company paid for by the British
laid railway tracks from Mombasa to Nairobi. Built
under tremendous human hardship, 600 miles long and
six years to build, “The Lunatic Line”
transformed East Africa, and by 1907, Nairobi had
become the new capital.
Situated 100 miles south of the Equator, and 300
miles west of the Indian Ocean at an elevation of
5,500 feet, Nairobi’s pleasant climate has been
an important factor in its booming success. The nights
are cool, the days are warm, the temperature rarely
exceeds 75 degrees and humidity is low.
The beauty of Nairobi greets the visitor already
from the air sighting the colorful Bougainvillea lining
avenues, highways, and the beautiful Jacaranda Trees
blossoming everywhere. An oasis of modern conveniences,
Nairobi offers the visitor an array of high caliber
hotels and excellent restaurants and an abundance
of African culture and art. It is a virtual Spice
for shopping which often start with a visit to a local
Safari Outfitter for a custom-fit Safari Suit.
In addition to many smart boutiques and art galleries,
the shopping experience will include traditional colorful
outdoor African markets, and while on Safari, the
warm and friendly tribal roadside vendors welcome
negotiating their prices with you. Among the many
Kenyan artifacts offered are Masai tribal ornaments
and spears, Merchaum pipes, hand woven sisal baskets
and bags, as well as a dazzling array of batiks, multi-colored
fabrics, and pottery and ebony carvings. Elegant jewellery,
gems and corals are plentiful and inexpensive and
Kenya offers unexpected items such as colonial furniture
and antique Arabian doors.
