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Nairobi Safari Walk Offers a Foretaste of the Kenya SafariThe lush Nairobi Safari Walk is one of popular Nairobi tourist destinations. Only here will you experience such an exhilarating conservational-cum-educational-cum-recreational facility. It showcases Kenya's biological diversity by simulating 3 of the dominant landscapes in the country namely; savannah, forests and wetlands. Kenya AnimalsThe simulated landscapes are populated with a variety of Kenya animals such as antelopes, hyenas, colobus monkeys and albino zebras.
Be sure to also check out the huge endangered white rhino and learn that its horn should be let alone because it is NO aphrodisiac. And, while Yemeni daggers can do without a rhino horn sheath, a rhino can't live when its horn is scooped out of its head. Be also on the lookout for the elusive leopard which uses the higher branches of the safari walk's mature trees as a perfect camouflage. The Safari Walk would of course not be whole without those species that Kenya is famed for, the majestic lion and lionesses and there are a couple of them to behold at close range. There are always 2 highlights to our safari walk visits; touching a wild cheetah and standing less than a foot away from an African lion. The former is as simple as it sounds, the rangers let you into the paddock of the world's fastest animal while it is feeding so that you can stroke it.
Only a cage stands between you and the collective king of the jungle. This experience is not for the fainthearted as it is pretty pretty scary when the lions roar, grunt or even breathe. The bonuses are the facility's insects and butterflies, the birds soaring above and the countless indigenous trees whose canopies provide excellent shade for picnicking by the way. Because the animals are located in open grounds or can be viewed through reinforced glass windows, the Nairobi Safari Walk offers better photo opportunities than the Nairobi Animal Orphanage. The animals in the open enclosures can be spotted easily from the wooden walkways on stilts that meander around the facility. One end of this walkway terminates in the Rangers Restaurant which overlooks a waterhole and provides stunning views over the Nairobi National Park plains. Safari Teaser...The 40-acre facility is conveniently located adjacent both the Nairobi Animal Orphanage and the Nairobi National Park. And coincidentally, compared with the 2 neighboring facilities, it offers an intermediate (quasi-wild) experience of the animals in Kenya.
You can expect your visit to one of the popular Nairobi tourist destinations to be loaded with lots of exciting activities such as guided walks, tree identification and nursery exercises. To get the most of your visit, be sure to flip through the fascinating information on the various species posted on the boards dotted all over the facility. Best Time to Go?The best time to visit the Nairobi Safari Walk is early afternoon. But be sure to stay to witness the animals being fed at 5.30pm.
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The Safari Walk is also home to pygmy hippos (who waxes their skin?), hyenas, crocodiles, and greater and lesser kudus.
Being up close and personal with the lions is a completely different affair though. Remember you are only a hair's breadth from the lions while they tear at their meat...
The Nairobi Safari Walk therefore offers an interesting foretaste of the sights and sounds you are bound to encounter in the 
