Nairobi
Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nairobi, which translates to “place of cool waters”, a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper had a population of 4,397,073 in the 2019 census, while the metropolitan area has a population of 9,354,580. The city is commonly referred to as the Green City in the Sun.
Nairobi was founded in 1899 by colonial authorities in British East Africa, as a rail depot on the Uganda – Kenya Railway. The town quickly grew to replace Mombasa as the capital of Kenya in 1907. After independence in 1963, Nairobi became the capital of the Republic of Kenya. During Kenya’s colonial period, the city became a center for the colony’s coffee, tea and sisal industries. The city lies in the south-central part of Kenya, at an elevation of 1,795 metres (5,889 ft).
Nairobi is home to the Kenyan Parliament Buildings and hosts thousands of Kenyan businesses and over 1000 major international companies and organizations, including the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) and the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON). Nairobi is an established hub for business and culture. The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) is one of the largest in Africa and the second-oldest exchange on the continent. It is Africa’s fourth-largest exchange in terms of trading volume, capable of making 10 million trades a day. It also contains the Nairobi National Park. Nairobi joined the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities in 2010.
Cultural Tours
The Maasai people are an indigenous group of subsistence nomadic pastoralists living in the arid and semi-arid rangelands of southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. In Kenya, they constitute about three percent of the country‟s estimated population of 42 million
people and in Kenya, they largely live in Kajiado and Narok counties (KNBS, 2014).
These two counties are famous for their rich diversity of large mammalian wildlife, which is a valuable tourist attraction that forms the backbone of Kenya‟s tourism industry.
Tourists from the industrialized nations throng to these preserves for a wildlife safari and the opportunity to view wild animals in their native habitats. These protected areas also promote the conservation of the ecosystems and wildlife resources that encompass both of which are important assets for Kenya‟s tourism industry.
Game Drive
A game drive is an excursion that involves seeing animals while relaxing in a 4×4 open-sided safari vehicle that may seat 4 to 6 people, giving you the sensation of a traditional safari.
One of the most popular ways to see animals in the Masai Mara is on safari game drives.