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One of the most successful rhino sanctuaries in Kenya, Nairobi National Park symbolises Kenya’s renowned hard line stand on No trade in game trophies.

GAME PARKS AND RESERVES

Nairobi National Park

The only park close to a capital city in the entire world, Nairobi National Park (Size: 117 sq km) harbours a range of exciting game including lion, leopard, cheetah, impala, coke's hartebeest (kongoni), eland, Maasai giraffe, hippo and buffalo, including the indigenous Black Rhino. On the other hand it’s an ornithological paradise, with over 400 species of birdlife recorded.

It is here where the then Kenya’s President Daniel Arap Moi’s dramatically in 1989 torched 10 tons of ivory worth Kshs. 60 million, in a bid to eliminate the mass slaughter of Africa’s elephants for their tusks.

Most visitors to East Africa’s safari capital; Nairobi, rarely miss an opportunity to visit this park.