Sometime Nairobi is called the “A Green city in the sun “. Nairobi is the most prominent city in Africa both financially and politically. It is 1795 meter above sea level and has Subtropical highland climate. It is not a tourist hub but Environment loving person will love this place. I love nature so I decided to take trip for Nairobi. I booked my ticket from Dear flight which was cheaper in compare to other agency .
For going to Nairobi, People has to land on Jomo Keyatta International airport which is the largest airport in the South Africa and is 20 km from district centre. It is a ordinary airport but now lots of construction is taking place to make it up to international level . You will come across different types of transport for visiting the city centre. Matau is very common form of transport and is very famous in Nairobi. It is a three wheeler mini bus with 14 to 24 seats for public to sit and its fare is very cheap. There are 4 major bus companies making their transport to run on different routes.
Some of the major places on should not forget to see.
Nairobi national park
Nairobi national park is the world famous park attracts tourist from around the world and is 7 km from the main city and is the First national park in Kenya. Due to large number of wild animals, it is separated from city by electricity fences. Animals found in the park include African buffalo which is regarded as very dangerous to humankind and many persons are killed by them , rhinoceros , Buchell's Zebra is one of the most rare type of Zebra found in Nairobi park . In 1918 their presence was hardly felt anywhere but later on their population increased by leap and bond. Coke's Hartebeest is a African species of grassland antelope who main diet is grasses with some amount of Hyarrhenia grass. Hippopotamus, Thomson's gazelle, Masi giraffe, and water buck are the common animals found in the national park.
It is home of over 400 species of different type of birds. The major attraction of Nairobi is safari walk which is very common and most of the tourist prefers it.
Nairobi national museum
Previously this museum was known by Coryndon Museum. In 1964 it was renamed as Nairobi national Museum. It has cultured old civilization items and their clothes for public display. There are different sections displaying different famous events of that time which had a lot of impact on the society of Nairobi as a whole. Other attraction on ground is the Nairobi Snake park which is famous worldwide for having different varieties of poisonous and non poisonous snakes . Once upon a time it had a flying snake as said by some persons.
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