Giraffe Center Tour and Kibera Slums Guided Walking Tour

Nairobi, Kenya
Duration7h
Free cancellationFull refund up to 24 hours before
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TicketMobile or paper ticket accepted
LanguagesEnglish
Group sizeUp to 100 travelers
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Overview

Visit giraffes center, you’ll learn about important conservation work taking place in Kenya. Get an insider’s view of Nairobi’s dynamic slum as you visit a local home and learn about grassroots

Gain a deeper understanding of Kenyan life and culture on a visit to the Kibera slum, one of the largest slums in Africa and a sight unseen by most visitors. Visit workshops, vendors, and schools in Kibera to learn how the slum's big number of residents live on a day to day basis while your guide provides informative commentary about the area's challenges and opportunities.

What's included

  • Pickup and drop off
  • Professional guide
  • Bottled water
  • Entrance fees giraffe and kibera slum
  • Lunch (available for purchase)
  • Tips

What to expect

  1. Giraffe Centre
    2h · Admission ticket included
    The tour starts by pick up at Nairobi Airport or Hotel. You will then be driven to the Giraffe centre where you will learn more about the conversation efforts to conserve an endangered species. The center's main purpose is to protect and help with the breeding of the endangered Rothschild Giraffe. Under the supervision of a professional, you can feed the giraffes from a raised observation platform. These platforms allow the visitors to come eye-to-eye with the giraffes. The center also has a large auditorium where visitors can listen to talks about Giraffe conservation and a various activities the center is involved in.
  2. Kibera
    3h · Admission ticket included
    Then head to Kibera Slums where you will be driven through the Ngong road, visit the Soweto Village homesteads, and then continue to the Curio (handcrafts) Workshop where you will witness how those living in the Kibera slums are innovative in making ornaments out of animal bones. Continue with visits of the Nursery schools and pass by to see the water vendor and the shower shop as you meet other slum dwellers mingling with you as they carry on with their daily chores. Enter a typical Kibera-house. Feel welcome in one of the houses in Kibera and ask your questions about the day-to-day live in Kibera. Later return to the hotel

Meeting and pickup

Pickup details

Our driver guide will come to pick you up at your hotel lobby within Nairobi

Additional information

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • The other hours are for traveling from one attraction to another
  • The remaining hours for transport to activity and back to your hotel

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