Category: Safari Guides

A Nairobi National Park game drive lasts 3 to 4 hours for a half day and 6 to 8 hours for a full day. Best hours, layover fit, and self-drive vs guided drives.

Is Nairobi National Park in the city? Yes. The park sits inside Nairobi, about 8 km from the CBD on Lang’ata Road. Drive times, the route, and the best time to leave.

Nairobi National Park gates: the Main Gate on Lang’ata Road, the East Gate for JKIA arrivals, and the Mbagathi Gate on Magadi Road. Which gate to use and what happens on arrival.

The Nairobi National Park car entry fee is KES 600 a day under 6 seats and KES 1,500 a day for 6 to 12 seats under the 2025 KWS schedule. How it works.

Yes, you can drive through Nairobi National Park in your own or a hired car. KWS rules, the best vehicle by season, what to bring, and a first self-drive loop.

Plan your Nairobi to Maasai Mara self-drive with 2026 KWS entry fees, route distance, drive time, vehicle requirements, and seasonal road conditions.

The best car for a Kenya safari is a Toyota Land Cruiser Prado or equivalent 4WD with high ground clearance — Maasai Mara and Tsavo West’s corrugated murram roads demand a vehicle that a standard saloon cannot handle. The key difference between a 4WD, SUV, and saloon for a Kenya safari is ground clearance and […]

A self-drive safari Nairobi trip is a self-navigated wildlife road trip where you hire a 4WD or high-clearance SUV and drive yourself through Kenya’s national parks without a guide. The 5 parks reachable by self-drive from Nairobi are Nairobi National Park, Amboseli, Tsavo West, Lake Nakuru, and Maasai Mara — each requiring a different vehicle […]