Shopping
Tour of Nairobi
| Kenya
Shopping
in Nairobi, Kenya's Capital. Find Out where to get the
Most Unique Souvenirs, Household Goods and Sculptures
and Jewelry at Great Prices
(Shopping
in Nairobi offers a wide variety of items such as local
handicrafts, traditional arts and crafts, paintings,
clothing, jewellery and home-ware. Throughout the city
and its suburbs, there are a range of supermarkets,
shopping centres, large open markets and city stores.
See the best of Kenyan shopping below)
Moi
Avenue in Nairobi Kenya
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Nairobi
City at Night
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Nairobi Kenyatta
Avenue
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Nairobi
Shopping Tour (Tour
Duration: Full Day)
Shopping
in Nairobi View
Rates, Discounted Prices - Book & Save Now!
Included:
Transport to Shopping
areas of Nairobi & Lunch
Shopping
in Nairobi, whether its clothes, books, gifts or food
and drink, you can find it in Nairobi. A wide variety
of shopping experiences can be found in Nairobi.
It is a good place to pick up souvenirs and handicrafts.
All sorts of goods can be obtained from vendors, kiosks,
boutiques, small shops, department stores, and malls.
African
Spice Safari will provide you with:
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A qualified Nairobi City Driver
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Assisted Shopping, packing and shipping
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Lunch the City's Best restaurants (or your choice) during
the tour
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Full day Disposal Transportation to your desired shopping
areas of Nairobi
Nairobi
Shopping Adventure Prices
Included
: Transport to Shopping areas of Nairobi &
Lunch
Dates
From |
Dates
To |
Price Per Person |
1st
Jan 2015 |
31st
Dec 2015 |
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Notes
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Nairobi shopping Tour is available any day of your choice
and time
Accepted
Mode of Payment
Nairobi
Shopping
Nairobi
Shopping
includes shopping for all sorts of goods from vendors,
kiosks, boutiques, small shops, department stores, and
malls. The city market on Muindi Mbingu Street has a
good range of items from souvenir kiondo (colorful woven
sisal bags), jewelry, wood, and soapstone carvings to
everyday goods like meat, fish, and fruits.
Masai
market (which is an informal market) offers beaded jewelry,
gourds, baskets, and other Masai crafts. More upscale
handicrafts, artwork, and jewelry from all over Africa
can be found at the African Heritage Center on Kenyatta
Avenue.
The
appropriately named Biashara (Business) Street is the
core of downtown Nairobi ' s shopping district; it is
made up of endless small shops and cafes. In the Langata
area, the Ostrich Park has a craft center with an artisan's
workshop where passersby can see items being made and
enjoy a nice cafe.
The
Yaya and Sarit Centers are well-known shopping malls
located outside of the city center. Uchumi supermarkets,
located throughout Nairobi, cater to grocery shopping
needs, as do stalls that sell fresh vegetables, fruits,
and meat.
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Masai
Market Nairobi
Masai
Markets in Nairobi; Masai Markets in
Nairobi were started by Masai women who wanted
to sell directly to visitors. Masai Markets
have blossomed over the years. For a wonderful
selection of arts and crafts, wooden carvings
and beadwork, you can't go wrong at the Nairobi
Masai Markets.
These
are held around the city at different venues
on different days. Not exclusively sold by the
"Masai" these vibrant, colorful markets
sell mainly tourist fare ranging from wooden
sculptures, beaded necklaces, batik wall hangings,
shoes, soap stone carvings, sisal bags, kikois,
textiles and a whole host of other exciting
goods.
Request
for a Price |
Full Details |
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Utamaduni
Craft Centre
- Karen Nairobi
Utamaduni
Craft Centre (Art Centre) is a huge variety of
African Curios all under one roof located in Langata/
Karen 25 Minutes from the city centre (close to
Karen Blixen Museum, Giraffe Centre, Daphne Sheldrick
Elephant Orphanage, Nairobi National Park and
the Kazuri Bead Centre).
Utamaduni Craft Centre is a two storey building
housing about 18 shops with wealth of Kenyan culture
inside. The Art/Craft Centre offers a variety
of souvenirs including African Curios, African
Masks, African rugs, African furniture, Ebony
Furniture, African Antiques, African Jewellery,
African Jewelry, African Dolls, Safari Clothes,
Kikoy, Sarong, beads
Price
Per Person |
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Kazuri
Beads Factory (Mbagathi
Ridge, Karen)
Kazuri
Beads; Kazuri
Bead Factory is located
on Mbagathi Ridge, Karen – a stones-throw
away from
Karen Blixen Museum in Karen. Kazuri
meaning ‘small and beautiful’ in Swahili,
makes exquisite handmade ceramic beads, jewellery
and pottery.
Established
more than 25 years ago, over the years it has
given a number of near-destitute women an important
livelihood. You can watch all processes of the
beads being made at the workshop, a finely dexterous
process, and there’s also a shop. The designs
are colorful and bold, reflecting Kenya’s
culture and wildlife.
Opening
Hours
Mondays
— Fridays
: 0900 to 1630 Hours
Saturdays
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0800
to 16.30 Hours
Price
Per Person | Full
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Spinner’s
Web (Getathuru
Gardens, off Peponi Road, Spring Valley)
Spinner’s Web;
Spinner’s Web Store was originally created
to provide a showplace for Kenya’s many
spinners and weavers. The shop has grown to encompass
“the best of Kenya” at every level
of handcrafted products.
Because
over 200 groups provide their products for sale
at Spinner’s Web, the Shop is a must see
experience for residents and tourists alike. Spinner’s
Web Shop
has a good collection of quality crafts, textiles
and jewellery, much of it sourced from women’s
groups.
Price
Per Person US Dollars | Full
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Robert
Glen Gallery
(off the Magadi Road, off Mukoma Road)
Robert
Glen Gallery Art Gallery Nairobi
is only 4 minutes off the Magadi Road, off Mukoma
Road if you are visiting the Sheldrick Orphan
Elephants in Nairobi, Kenya. This gallery in Langata
shows Robert's latest works in Bronze sculptures
of wildlife, birds and people.
Robert
Glen Gallery offers limited edition of bronze
sculptures of Animals, birds, People and Human
Culture in Bronze etc which are unique to remind
guests of their African holiday Safari.
The
Art Gallery is open 7 days a week preferably by
appointment. African Spice Safaris provides tours
and transport to the Gallery for guests to purchase
bronze sculptures.
Robert
Glen lives in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania where
he sculpts the wildlife, birds and the people
living around him. His moulds are then taken to
Italy for casting in Limited Editions of never
more than ten castings.
Price
Per Person US Dollars |
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Marula
Studios
Store
Marula
Studios – The Eco, Ethics and Organics
Hub in Karen, Nairobi, where visitors can shop
and view the crafting of handmade products.
Items in the showroom make a difference to the
world and its people..Marula
Studios contains a selection of Kenyan businesses
including clothes made from Kangas, beadwork
etc.
Open (9.00am
– 5.00pm)
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Collectors
Den Store —
Objects of Fine African Art
The
Store specializes in Crystal & Engraved
Glass products and Exclusive African handicrafts
made from wood which includes Carved Animals,
Salad Set Items, Ebony Crafts, Beaded Items,
Soapstone Collection and items made from Bone.
Each
item is designed and is made by hand by indigenous
people of Kenya. Tanzanite, Tsavorite gem
stones are also available.|
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African
Heritage Pan African Gallery
A
wide range of pan-African curios, arts, crafts
and jewellery is displayed. The Carnivore
shop includes an exhibition of the African
Bead, tracing the history of African peoples
over the past 12,000 years through their beadwork.
Open Mon—Sat 09.00—18.00; Sun:
11.00—16.00
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Banana
Box ( Located
at Sarit Centre)
The shop has sourced a variety
of quality crafts, often from small self-help
groups, with interesting designs — ideal
for presents as they’re beautifully
packaged.| Full
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Kamili
Designs (Signposted off Langata
Road)
There’s
a range of animal designs screen—printed
on to Americani (calico), with bedspreads,
cushion covers and tea-cozies for sale.|
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Gallery
Watatu (City
Centre, Lonhro House, Standard Street)
In many ways, this is the antithesis of Paa
ya Paa, although it too specializes in contemporary
African art. It’s a formal gallery with
a well—lit exhibition space, and is
a regular showcase for art in different media
— sculpture, paintings, screen prints
and etchings — with monthly exhibitions.|
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Jigsaw
Designs
(Lower
ground Floor, Sarit Centre, Westlands)
This
has a range of innovative wrought-ironwork
for contemporary homes — ranging from
four—poster beds to zebra-screen fire
guards and stylish furniture incorporating
sea grass, bone, wood, glass and ceramics.
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Twendelee
Handicrafts Shop (Lavington
Church, Muthangari Road)
This
shop supports the Twendelee Women’s
Self-help Project. Twendelee means ‘let
us develop’ in Swahili, and the women
have focused on knitting, although they also
weave, crochet, sew and do beadwork. They
have exquisite jumpers and colorful mats in
interesting designs for sale.|
Full Details
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Kiko
Romeo (Westlands)
A
leading Kenyan fashion house with well-made,
locally designed, modem clothes in traditional
fabrics. |
Full Details
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Nakumatt
Supermarkets (Any Branch in
Nairobi)
The
principal supermarket chain in Nairobi and
Kenya as a whole, Nakumatt invariably has
a huge selection of Kenyan and Western foods
and other products.
The brand-new Lifestyle store spreads over
several floors, with departments stocking
all kinds of useful household and outdoor
goods. | Full
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Zanzibar
Curio Shop (York
House, Ground Floor, Moi Avenue)
Established
in 1936 batiks, Jewelry, Safari Wear, Sisal
Baskets, Ebony, Wood, Soapstone Carvings,
Brass and Copperware, African semi-precious
stones. | Full
Details
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Nairobi
City Market (Muindi
Mbingu Street)
Bargaining
is a sport at the stalls scattered throughout
the City Market. This sprawling complex, which
was originally an aircraft hangar, offers
curios and other souvenirs as well as food
vendors. | Full
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The
Village Market Nairobi
The
Village Market is East Africa's premier Shopping
and Recreation complex, featuring over 150
retail outlets, world-class open air food
court, a Masai-themed craft market plus fun
and entertainment spots for the whole family.
The
Village Market is located in the Gigiri residential
area which is about 6 miles from Nairobi city
center on Limuru Road. The complex is designed
to resemble an open-air African market, including
waterfalls, rivers, plants and gardens.|
Full Details
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Gemini
Desai Nairobi
Jeweler
Gemini Desai designs necklaces and other treasures
with ancient trade beads, both precious and
fun, from around the world. Gemini’s
Jewelry, an exquisite selection of unique,
hand-crafted jewelry crafted from exotic beads
by Gemini Desai |
Full Details
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Booking
& Reservations for best shopping in Nairobi with
transport included to the Spinners Web, City Market,
City Market, Gallery Watatu, Banana Box, Triangle Curios
Market, Undugu Craft Shop, Kenya
Booking
Office Tel: +
254 718-179-967
Mobile
: 0721242711- Kenya
Email:
info@africanspicesafaris.com
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