Giraffe Center Tour and Kibera Slums Guided Walking Tour

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7 hours (approximately)
Pickup offered
Offered in: English

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

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout (multiple pickup locations are available).
Pickup details:

We also pick from Private Apartments and Airbnb

Itinerary

Duration: 7 hours (approximately)
  • 1
    Giraffe Centre

    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 hours • Admission ticket included
  • 2
    Kibera

    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

    3 hours • Admission ticket included

Additional info

  • 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
Supplied by Muringa Kenya Tours & Safaris Ltd

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Full-day Tours
Bus Tours
Safaris
Adventure Tours
Short term availability

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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