Nairobi National Park

Nairobi National Park is only 15 minutes from the center of Nairobi. Recently designated as a rhino sanctuary, Nairobi National Park is now home to over 50 rhinos who were moved from locations where poaching was widespread.

Over 80 species of mammals can be found in Nairobi National Park including gazelles, buffaloes, warthogs, lions, cheetahs, zebras, giraffes and ostriches. More than 550 bird species have been recorded in the wetland area of the park. Most animals live in the park seasonally and migrate according to the time of the year, the rhinos stay in the park all the year round.

At the main gates is the Animal Orphanage where young abandoned animals are nursed back to health. Daphne Sheldrick runs an