Nairobi National Park was Kenya's first ever National
Park. Nairobi is the only city in the world which neighbors a
natural game protection area, harboring over 100 species of
mammals. The Park borders the traditional South Kapiti Plains
and Kitengela Migration Corridor and attracts a range of
exciting game. Although it is a seasonal park, most of the
game, such as lion, leopard, cheetah, impala, coke's
hartebeest (Kongoni), eland, Thomson's and Grant gazelle,
Maasai giraffe, hippo and buffalo, including the indigenous
Black Rhino, live in the protection of the park all year
round. Herds of plains zebra, wildebeest and eland enter the
park during the great migration in July and August to
 enjoy
the rich grazing until the next rains come.
This park is an ideal starting point for
ornithological safaris, with over 400 species of birdlife.Most
birds in this park depend on year seasons. Game birds include
helmeted guinea-fowl, yellow-necked spurfowl,
shelley's (greywing) Francolin, Scaly francolin, harlequin quails, hartlaubs
turaco, colies, ostrich, crowned crane, kori bustard, ground
hornbill, European white stork, abdim's stork, Egyptian goose,
black-necked heron, wood ibis and the yellow-billed
stork.
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