CEXX 100 THIKA
SPECIAL (½ Day)
Thika town is 45kms from the city centre and within
the town you find the Blue Posts Hotel. The hotel was first
established in 1908 as a stopover for the white settlers who
farmed and lived in the central part of the country on their
way out and back to the city. During the Second World War
in 1939 the British Army camped on the site and built up a
few bandas whose posts they were standing on were painted
blue and this is where the name Blue Posts originated. Today
two rivers namely Thika River and Chania River each with a
natural waterfall surround the hotel popularly known as "The
Hidden Jewel of Thika". Both rivers originate from the
Aberdare Ranges though from different sources.
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CEXX 101 NAIROBI
CITY TOUR (3 Hrs)
The tour covers the modern city centre, the National
Museum and the adjacent Snake Park, Parliament Buildings,
the Railway Museum where old steam locomotives are exhibited
including the one from which Superintendent John Lyall was
taken from by a man-eating lion in Tsavo in 1901. You will
also visit the city market where a wide variety of African
curios and tropical fruit and flowers are on sale, ending
with a visit to the Kenyatta International Conference Centre
view-point which has a revolving restaurant.
CEXX 102 NAIROBI
NATIONAL PARK (4 Hrs)
This unique wildlife sanctuary is just a few kilometres
from Nairobi's bustling city centre but despite its proximity
over 50 species of mammals can be found there including four
of the 'big five'. The tour also includes a visit to the animal
orphanage where wounded or orphaned animals are nurtured back
to health. The tour returns to the city centre by sundown.
CEXX 103 KAREN
BLIXEN AND GIRAFFE CENTRE (4 Hrs)
Drive towards Ngong Hills by passing the Ngong village
to the Karen Blixen Museum of the 'Out of Africa' fame, which
was for many years her home. Later proceed to the Giraffe
Centre to view and feed the famous Rothschild's giraffe which
is an endangered species from a specially constructed viewing
- platform.
CEXX 104 CARNIVORE
EXPERIENCE
(Guaranteed daily at 12.30 p.m. And 7.00 p.m.)
Nairobi has many restaurants offering a wide variety of cuisine.
We recommend a dinner or lunch at the Carnivore, which is
famous for its succulent steaks and barbecue, dishes including
game meat and is therefore dubbed 'the meat eaters' paradise.
The restaurant also offers a vegetarian menu; the meal is
an excellent complement to a holiday especially as a welcome
or farewell dinner. The cost includes transfers to and from
Nairobi City Centre.
CEXX 105 BOMAS
OF KENYA
A Boma is a homestead and just a few kilometres from
Nairobi we have the Bomas of Kenya where the day-to-day lives
of the 43 different ethnic groups in Kenya are depicted through
traditional dancing, music, song and folklore. These plus
an acrobatic show are performed in a splendid arena.
