Nairobi: Historic and Modern Highlights Walking Tour

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Neighborhood tours Tours Guided tours Day trips Day Trips From Landmarks & monuments Culture & history Wheelchair accessible Private tours Sightseeing Markets, bazaars, & souks

Learn Nairobi's history and modern culture on a guided tour with hotel pickup and drop-off. Sample Kenyan food and fruits, visit modern and historical sites, stroll through a market and learn Swahili.

Highlights

  • Marvel at Nairobi's major landmarks
  • Learn some popular Swahili words used by locals
  • Enjoy a paid for safe snack(Fruit salad) as we talk about Kenya's food culture
  • Buy souvenirs without negotiating at the cheapest fixed prices stores
  • Enjoy cool breeze as you view Nairobi from the helipad of KICC

Description

This is more of an cultural experience than just a tour. Get picked up from your hotel and join your guide on an insightful experience through Nairobi's old and new landmarks. Begin your walking tour and seize the chance to learn about the historical information and modern-day relevance of each site you visit. Enjoy an optional snack(Fruit Salad or/and a little piece of goat meat) and experience local culture by learning some popular Swahili words from your guide. Practise your Swahili as you interact with locals at the various stops including the busy Nairobi City Market. We teach you some tricks to get the best deals for souvenirs and we also show you the cheapest stores. Depending on the state of your shoes, we pay for your shoes to cleaned at the local shoe cleaning vendors. We also get you a street photo done by professional photographers found randomly in the streets of Nairobi. All these are optional. While at this tour, be free to ask any questions relating to your experience while in Kenya. Discover the Jeevanje Gardens, Nairobi City Market, Jamia Mosque, McMillan Memorial Library, Askari Monument, Stanley Hotel, Dedan Kimathi Monument, Maasai Market, Supreme Court, Kenyatta International Convention Center, the Parliament Buildings, the Holy Family Basilica and the Galton Fenzi Memorial.

Includes

Hotel pickup and drop-off Dasani bottled water English-speaking guide Snack (fruit salad) WiFi hotspot

Important Information

  • If you book the tour a few hours or minutes to the start, text the company immediately. Incase you don't speak fluent English, your guide will have use google translate which works perfectly. If booked for Sunday morning, note that the city is normally dull as it is empty and most shops closed. Sunday afternoon becomes lively as the youth come to do tiktok and instagram videos, cycling, skateboarding, photography, modeling, music videos e.t.c We might REQUEST AND PAY(including a tip) a cab/taxi for you to drop you at our meeting point. Sometimes picking or dropping everyone might be inconveniencing and might delay the tour as we have experienced before. Kindly understand this arrangement as it the most convenient way in some scenarios. We add value to the experience by paying for most of the experiences in the tour such as fruit salad, Kenyan/local restaurant experience, shoe cleaning, street photography, and your water.

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Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund

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