Nairobi

Nairobi initially grew as a base upon a swamp named “Ewaso Nyrobi”. Bestowed with a cool climate all year round, it is considered as a garden city sprayed with the colorful bougainvillea and interspersed with colorful flowering trees and bushes. A cosmopolitan and busy, noisy town, having a wide spectrum of activities ranging from a National Park and Orphanage to Snake park and Giraffe centre and Museums. Shopping for everybody, be it local or a diplomat’s wife or a tourist, is well catered for – small shops, huge shopping malls to tourist shopping areas offering a variety of wares. Kenya’s ricer soils do not only produce crops but also semi-precious stones, certain deposits of Rubies, Tsavorite, Sapphire while valleys, lakes and forests leave deposits beautifully colored in shades of pink, blue and white, green, blase. Delectable foods offered by the large numbers of hotels, restaurants from all over the world are a hungry man’s retreat, whether Game meat, Chinese, Thai, Italian, French, Indian or the famous local ‘Githeri’ and Nyama Choma. Kenya is a well known centre for holding various African and International conferences and thus all year round, delegated gather to hold important talks. Excellent boarding and lodging is offered by hotels ranging up to 5 star rating. History and archeology are sought for in the museums, and the home of the famous Karen Blixen. The national museum has a display of local art in rock and stoneware and paintings, animals, plants, birds and work of Joy Adamson.