Nairobi National Park is a national park in Kenya. Established in 1946, the national park was Kenya's first. It is located approximately 7 kilometres south of the centre of Nairobi, Kenya's capital city, with an electric fence separating the park's wildlife from the metropolis.
Still, despite its proximity to civilisation and relative small size for an African National Park, Nairobi National Park boasts a large and varied wildlife population. Migrating herbivores gather in the park during the dry season, and it is one of Kenya's most successful rhinoceros sanctuaries.
The park has a large and diverse wildlife population. Species found in the park include Cape buffalo, Baboon, Eastern black rhino, Grant's gazelle, Zebra, Cheetah, Coke's hartebeest, Hippopotamus, Lion, African leopard, Eland, Impala, Masai giraffe, Ostrich, Vultures and Waterbuck. It isn't large enough for Elephants. The park has a high diversity of bird species, with up to 500 permanent and migratory species in the park. Dams have created a man-made habitat for birds and aquatic species.
We visited here in September 2018, August 2019, September 2020, February 2022, September 2023 and September 2004.
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