{"id":677,"date":"2018-12-14T16:06:51","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T13:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pridedrivetours.co.ke\/?p=677"},"modified":"2023-02-24T15:58:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T12:58:34","slug":"animal-park-in-the-capital-city-of-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pridedrivetours.co.ke\/fr\/animal-park-in-the-capital-city-of-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"Nairobi National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Nairobi National Park<\/h1>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d2ru2mvuh5wx24.cloudfront.net\/location_bootstrap\/1514\/nairobi-national-park__1920x864.jpg\" alt=\"Nairobi National Park safaris, tours and holiday packages | Discover Africa  Safaris\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>Nairobi National Park is the oldest of all Kenya&#8217;s national parks. It is known for its <strong>Black Rhino Sanctuary<\/strong> and, despite bordering the city, it is home to lions, leopards and hyenas as well as many other Kenyan animals. Its <strong>closeness to Nairobi<\/strong> also means it is very accessible to Kenyans and tourists alike who want to experience a safari without having to travel and stay overnight elsewhere.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Situated around the Embakasi River, Nairobi National Park has herds of buffalo and a concentrated population of ostriches. It is also a good place to experience the four of the &#8220;<strong>Big Five<\/strong>&#8221; African animals.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>endangered black rhinoceros<\/strong> is protected here and the park supplies black rhinos to other national parks. Other major wildlife attractions to the park include the lion,cheetah, leopards, buffaloes, giraffes, hyena and zebras. There are also sanctuaries for rhino breeding, nature trails, hippo pools and an animal orphanage.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\r\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\r\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"461\" class=\"wp-image-1294\" src=\"http:\/\/pridedrivetours.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/banner-nairobi-national-park-1024x461.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1294\" data-link=\"http:\/\/pridedrivetours.co.ke\/index.php\/2018\/12\/14\/animal-park-in-the-capital-city-of-kenya\/banner-nairobi-national-park\/\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pridedrivetours.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/banner-nairobi-national-park-1024x461.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pridedrivetours.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/banner-nairobi-national-park-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pridedrivetours.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/banner-nairobi-national-park-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pridedrivetours.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/banner-nairobi-national-park-600x270.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pridedrivetours.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/banner-nairobi-national-park.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\r\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"920\" height=\"580\" class=\"wp-image-1295\" src=\"http:\/\/pridedrivetours.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/nairobi-inset2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1295\" data-link=\"http:\/\/pridedrivetours.co.ke\/index.php\/2018\/12\/14\/animal-park-in-the-capital-city-of-kenya\/nairobi-inset2\/\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pridedrivetours.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/nairobi-inset2.jpg 920w, https:\/\/pridedrivetours.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/nairobi-inset2-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pridedrivetours.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/nairobi-inset2-768x484.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pridedrivetours.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/nairobi-inset2-600x378.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\r\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" class=\"wp-image-1296\" src=\"http:\/\/pridedrivetours.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/nairobinationalparkimg1-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1296\" data-link=\"http:\/\/pridedrivetours.co.ke\/index.php\/2018\/12\/14\/animal-park-in-the-capital-city-of-kenya\/nairobinationalparkimg1\/\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pridedrivetours.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/nairobinationalparkimg1-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pridedrivetours.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/nairobinationalparkimg1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pridedrivetours.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/nairobinationalparkimg1-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pridedrivetours.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/nairobinationalparkimg1-600x300.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pridedrivetours.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/nairobinationalparkimg1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Take a <strong>game drive<\/strong> to see four of the &#8220;Big Five&#8221; &#8211; lions, leopards, buffalo and rhinos, but no elephants.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Walking trails<\/strong> can be enjoyed, along with five <strong>picnic sites<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bird watching<\/strong> is popular here, with 400 species recorded.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turtle and tortoise watching can also be enjoyed.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The park is open for <strong>game viewing, bush dinners, film production<\/strong> and <strong>weddings<\/strong>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nairobi National Park Nairobi National Park is the oldest of all Kenya&#8217;s national parks. It is known for its Black Rhino Sanctuary and, despite bordering the city, it is home to lions, leopards and hyenas as well as many other Kenyan animals. Its closeness to Nairobi also means it is very accessible to Kenyans and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,14656,14869,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-destinations","category-kenyan-destinations","category-nairobi-destinations","category-top-tours"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pridedrivetours.co.ke\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pridedrivetours.co.ke\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pridedrivetours.co.ke\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pridedrivetours.co.ke\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pridedrivetours.co.ke\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pridedrivetours.co.ke\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pridedrivetours.co.ke\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pridedrivetours.co.ke\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pridedrivetours.co.ke\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pridedrivetours.co.ke\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}