Best Day Trips from Nairobi

Nairobi's central position in Kenya makes it the ideal gateway for some of the most spectacular wildlife and landscape experiences in Africa. The Maasai Mara National Reserve — the Kenyan extension of the Serengeti ecosystem — is a full-day round trip but worth every kilometre for its extraordinary concentration of big cats and the annual Great Migration. Closer to the city, Lake Naivasha, Hell's Gate National Park, and Mount Kenya's foothills are accessible for shorter day trips that showcase Kenya's breathtaking natural diversity.