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Nairobi Shopping Tour; whether it’s 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.
Nairobi Shopping Tour includes the following services;
* A qualified Nairobi city driver
* Assisted with shopping, packing, and shipping
* Lunch at the city’s best restaurants (of your choice) during the tour
* Full-day disposal transportation to your desired shopping areas in Nairobi
Nairobi Shopping Tour 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, 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. Naivas supermarkets, located throughout Nairobi, cater to grocery shopping needs, as do stalls that sell fresh vegetables, fruits, and meat.
Nairobi Shopping Tour
Kiko Romeo
KikoRomeo is located in the up market Yaya shopping centre of Nairobi. A leading Kenyan fashion house with well-made, locally designed, modem clothes in traditional fabrics.
Banana Box Company
Banana Box Company has two retail outlets, the Junction, opposite Art Café and the other on the ground floor of The Sarit centre in Westlands. The company promotes Kenyan Art, Crafts and cultural heritage. Items include baskets & bags, books maps & guides, fabrics, jewellery, leather, soapstone, picture frame collection, household collection etc.
Spinner’s Web
Spinner’s Web shop is located on Kitsuru Gardens off Peponi road Nairobi. 10 Minutes drive from Westlands Nairobi. Spinner’s Web was originally created to create a showcase for Kenyan's many spinners and weavers. The shop has grown to encompass to the best of Kenya at every level of handcrafted products. Spinner’s Web is a one - stop shop in everything to do with Art, furniture, clothing, jewelry, home decor, wall hangings, pottery and much more....
Gallery Watatu
Founded in 1968, the Gallery Watatu is the most well-established private art gallery in Nairobi. The Gallery serves as a showcase for modern artwork for more than 160 African and afro-nomad (Africa-adopted Europeans). Highlights include the largest collection of original work by ES Tingatinga; the gallery’s collection of Lilanga (Makonde-inspired vibrant art); Senoufo, Dioula, Gouro, Baule, Bambara, Dan, and Chokwe masks; and assorted relics and other artifacts.
Kamili Designs
Kamili Designs is located in Karen, founded in 1996 by Stephanie Hooper and Penny Sandys-Lumsdaine. They originally started it as a way of providing employment for single Kenyan mothers. All the colourful home furnishings are hand screen printed and painted on 100% Kenyan cotton using beautiful dyes which have been hand mixed in the workshop.
Collector’s Den
The Collectors Den Art and Jewelry Gallery Karen Nairobi is located at The Karen Green (Ground Floor- Block A), Off Langata Road opposite Hillcrest School. This is an upscale art and jewelry gallery that offers a nice collection of artwork, carvings, jewelry, etc. The Store specializes in Crystal & Engraved Glass products and Exclusive African handicrafts made from wood which include Carved Animals, Salad Set Items, Ebony Crafts, Beaded Items, Soapstone Collection, and items made from Bone. Each item is designed and made by hand by the indigenous people of Kenya. Tanzanite and Tsavorite gemstones are also available. The Collectors Den Art and Jewelry Gallery is open from 10 am – 4 pm Monday to Friday and 10 am – 3 pm Saturday. The gallery offers competitively-priced collection of Kenyan souvenirs such as teak and mahogany carved life-sized animals such as giraffes, and crafted jewelry, inlaid chests, wall masks, delicately woven baskets, native musical instruments, fine paintings, and soapstone figurines. Nearby is Kazuri Beads (beads and pottery) made by local women’s cooperative. The factory is next door and you can leisurely walk through, and watch how items are made – each step in the process, from the small clay pieces, shaping, painting, firing in the kiln, the glazing, etc.
Jigsaw Designs
Located on the 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.
Two Rivers Mall
Located on Limuru Road in Ruaka-Nairobi, Two Rivers Mall, is the largest shopping center in East Africa and now the largest mall in sub-Saharan Africa. The Mall offers everything including a 170 room City Lodge, low-rise office blocks, a shopping center, a five start hotel, a three star hotel, and medium density luxurious residential homes.
Rosslyn Riviera Mall - Nairobi
Located on Limuru Road, Kenya’s first eco-friendly neighborhood mall with its blend of unique stores and services. Rosslyn Riviera combines the enchanting atmosphere of modern world class design and the enticing backdrop of nature that takes advantage of a natural river on the property. The mall offers visitors a selected blend of shopping, dining, health, wellness and entertainment establishments. Designed as both a celebration of modern design and nature’s abundance
Kazuri Beads Factory
KAZURI BEADS LIMITED is located in Karen - Nairobi Kenya. Kazuri, which means “small and beautiful” in Swahili, began in 1975 as a tiny workshop experimenting In making ceramic beads made by hand. They have since grown to a huge factory where they make beautiful world class Jewelry from clay and provide employment to over 300 single mothers in Kenya.
Masai Market Nairobi
Maasai markets is a shopping market in Nairobi that move around the city according to the day of the week and sites change regularly. Maasai Market is the place to shop if you are looking for affordable, beautiful and colourful souvenirs. It is an open air market with a wide variety of items to shop including African pots and pans, African paintings, African materials, curios, jewellery, shoes, bags, clothes, utensils etc.
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.
Robert Glen Gallery
Robert Glen Gallery Art Gallery Nairobi is only 4 minutes off the Magadi Road, off Mukoma Road 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.
Zanzibar Curio Shop
Located in Westlands Business Park, It is the oldest shop of curiosities in the city. The shop offers a great choice of local crafts. Africans have a very rich culture and are skilled craftsmen. You can take a look at their beautiful local clothes, wickers, soapstone figurines, local semi-precious stones, hand-made beads and many other nice things. one the best places in the city with original artifacts, exclusive gifts and curiosities.
Nairobi City Market
The Nairobi City Market is a covered market located between Muindi Mbingu Street and Koinange Street Nairobi. Here you will find everything you need - fresh fruit, vegetables and verdure, beautiful flowers, newspapers, clothes, accessories, and fascinating local handicraft such as pretty Masai jewelry, woodcarving, national musical instruments, colored wraps and bright fabrics.
Gemini’s Jewelry
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
Utamaduni Craft Centre
Utamaduni is a large crafts emporium and easily one of the best places to souvenir shop in Nairobi, with more than a dozen shops selling all kinds of excellent African artworks and souvenirs. Prices start relatively high, but there’s none of the hard sell you’d get in town. A portion of all proceeds goes to local conservation and other charitable projects.
The Village Market Nairobi
The Village Market is a large shopping, recreation and entertainment complex in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, located in the Gigiri residential area which is about 6 miles (9.7 km) from Nairobi city center on Limuru Road. The complex is designed to resemble an open-air African market, including waterfalls, rivers, plants and gardens.
Twendelee Handicrafts Shop
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 bead work. They have exquisite jumpers and colorful mats in interesting designs for sale.
Nairobi Shopping Tour Prices
Nairobi Shopping Tour Rates include:
A qualified Nairobi City Driver + Assisted Shopping, packing, and shipping + Lunch at the City’s Best restaurants (or your choice) during the tour + Full day Disposal Transportation to your desired shopping areas of Nairobi & Professional English-speaking guides. All are experts in African wildlife, culture, and tour guiding, many of who speak other European languages
| Dates From | Dates To | Price Per Person | Children 3 to 12 Years |
| 1st January 2023 | 31st December 2023 | Request for rates | Request for rates |
Notes
* Departs daily at 0800 Hours to 1800 Hours from your hotel or city residence
Nairobi Shopping Tour Rates Exclude:
* Minimum of 1 person required
* Tips or gratuity, drinks; travelers insurance; laundry, communication charges, visas
* International airfares and airport taxes; meals, sightseeing not included in the package; optional activities
* Personal expenses such as transfers to/from the airport (supplement airport transfer cost applies for tours starting from the airport)