We arrived in Nairobi a day early to give ourselves a break before starting the second leg of our trip in Kenya. Of course we ended up going on another safari at Nairobi National Park - how could we resist! Nairobi National Park supposedly hosts 531 bird species. We spent a morning here on a birding tour and I already scored 26 lifers. What a record!
We had lunch at the Karen Blixen Coffee Garden which is the former home of Karen Blixen of Out of Africa fame. The garden is charming with its lush greenery and exquisite flowers - a reprieve from the dusty park. It was also interesting to get a glimpse of Nairobi streetscape along the way even though it was just from our vehicle. Some of the images below were taken on the way to Amboseli National Park, our next stop.
I try to curb my excitement over the number of birds I got in Nairobi and only show you a select few. I am still tallying, and will eventually publish the total number of lifers I scored while in Africa. For those unfamiliar with birding language - a lifer is a bird that a birder saw and identified for the first time in their life - nothing to do with jail time... 😅
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| African Sacred Ibis |
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| Bronze sunbird |
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| Northern Pied-babbler |
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| Black-winged kite |
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Hamerkop - believed to be the lightning bird
Giraffe mom and young - the pattern and colour on these giraffes (I'm guessing Thornicroft's giraffes) are different from the ones we saw in Namibia (Angolan giraffes, lighter colour, uneven large spots).
The watering hole at the park with a vulture sitting on the tree top
Nairobi skyline viewed from the park
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| Super Major Bridge |
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| Roadside fruit stand |
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| Roadside nursery |
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| Karen Blixen Coffee Garden |
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| Pretty powder puff plant (Stickpea) |
