Pat Anderson

In message <683a71d04e.LizUKL@liz13.uklinux.net>, Liz Leyden
<liz@liz13.uklinux.net> writes
>In message <0K-dnXbjRdX1bYrbRVnzvQ@telenor.com>
> "Petal and Leif" <lejensen@online.no> wrote:
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I will soon take my first trip to Africa, and are going to Nairobi in the
>> end of this month. I will only be one week, and would like suggestions of
>> what to do, what to see, and where to stay (budget, central located, safe).
>
>If you've only got a few days, you could visit, depending on your
>interests:
>The National Museum.
>Karen Blixen House and Langata Giraffe Centre
>Railway Museum
>Bomas of Kenya (traditional dancing)
>or, my first choice, Nairobi National Park, which is just outside the
>city and has most of the main wildlife you can see in the other parks
>except Elephant.
>I don't know what you mean by budget: the Fairview Hotel is nice and
>not as expensive as some others, but you may want cheaper.
>It's worth spending money (not much by European standards) on taxis
>for getting to the different places. Nairobi can be dangerous. Get
>reception at your hotel to suggest a reliable taxi company. Tour desks
>at the hotel desks offer afternoon trips to the Karen Blixen Museum
>and Langata Giraffe Centre and morning or afternoon trips into the
>National Park. You could easily spend a whole day or two in the
>National Park, with a picnic, but that doesn't tend to be generally
>offered. You could get a driver and vehicle from a safari company, but
>it would be pretty expensive if you were on your own.
>If you want to get out of Nairobi, and your two days off are together,
>you could either go up to one of the Night Lodges (Treetops/The
>Ark/Mountain Lodge or down to Lake Elmenteita or Nakuru NP.
>
>Safari njema
>
>Liz
>
>
As usual Liz has suggested the perfect itinerary, I would have also
suggested the Fairview hotel. Letsgo travel in Nairobi are very helpful
and reliable, if you contact them I`m sure they could make suggestions
for hotels and a driver and vehicle for a trip to one of the places Liz
suggested. If you go out of town it may be cheaper to go with an
organised tour. Letsgo have a website.
Pat.
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Pat Anderson