Best Things to Do in Nairobi | Activities & Tours

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• The Yen Golf ⛳

  Kenya's leading golf academy. Eight-week weekend cohorts at Windsor Golf Hotel and Golf Park Kenya, clubs included, no membership required. Nearly 4,000 golfers trained since 2017.

• The Charm Souq

  Kenya's first charm bar, in Gigiri and at Bhandari Plaza. Build your own bracelet or necklace from 400+ waterproof charms, or customise a passport cover. Closed Sundays

• Karunguru Coffee

  Working single-origin coffee estate near Ruiru. Four-hour tour from seedling to liquoring room, with tasting, roasting and a three-course lunch in a 1928 ballroom. Booking essentia...

• Brown's Cheese Farm

  Artisan cheese farm and Living Food Campus in Tigoni. Tour the cheese caves and bakery, taste 8–10 handmade cheeses with wine, then eat lunch from the garden. Thursday to Saturday...

• Bamboo Dam Resort

  Dam resort in Limuru with floating restaurants, ziplining over the water, boat rides, sport fishing and horse riding. An hour from Nairobi. Steep gravel access road.

• Tũrĩ A Mũmbi Home

  Gĩkũyũ cultural homestead and arts centre in Tigoni. Traditional food, art exhibitions, a forest trail to a sacred Mũgumo tree, and a waterfall. Founded by musician Kwame Rĩgĩi.

• Redhill Karting Ltd

  Outdoor go-kart track in the Limuru tea hills, 40 minutes from Nairobi. Professional circuit, full safety kit, lap times printed after each session, and kid-sized karts. Closed Mon...

• Twin rivers Tigoni

  Adventure and picnic estate in the Tigoni tea highlands. Quad bikes, zipline, giant swing, paintball, farm tours and camping. Bring your own food and charcoal. Dogs welcome.

• Green's Green Retreat

  Family-owned farm retreat on Coomete Farm, Tigoni. Cabins and a treehouse, three lakes for boating and fishing, water slides, farm tours and strawberry picking. Twenty minutes from...

• Kenya Regiment Rifle Club (KRRC)

  Kenya's oldest shooting club, founded 1952, with an indoor range in Lang'ata open to the public. Instruction and equipment provided. ID required, minimum age 14, no photography.

• Jump By Flying Fox

  Adventure park at The Hub Karen — racing ziplines over two lakes, a 10-metre airbag free fall, giant swing and 13-metre climbing wall. Open daily till 8pm. Minimum height 1.4m

• Kompass Ngong Hills

  Hilltop restaurant and activity centre on Ngong Hills, nyama choma with panoramic views, plus ziplining, archery and quad bikes. The only food available on the ridge.

• Fourteen Falls

  Kenya's widest waterfall, fourteen channels of the Athi River dropping 27 metres near Thika. Boat rides, cliff diving and picnic spots. Best after the rains; cash only.

• The Forest Kereita

  East Africa's longest zipline, 2.2km over six lines through Kereita Forest, an hour from Nairobi. Plus paintball, archery, biking and horse riding. Open Thursday to Sunday only.

• Kitengela Glass - Studio

  Glass studio, sculpture garden and swaying bridge near Ongata Rongai. Watch or try glassblowing, cross a 30-metre-high suspension bridge, and eat pizza on a cliff edge. Open daily...

• Tigoni E-bike Tours

  Guided e-bike tours through Tigoni's tea plantations, 30km from Nairobi. Pedal-assist bikes make the hills easy, with photo stops and lunch at The Fig & Olive. 90 minutes to 3 hour...

• Bomas Of Kenya

  nya's cultural centre in Lang'ata, traditional homesteads from 42 communities, and a daily performance of dance, drumming and acrobatics from every region. Check show times before...

• Giraffe Centre

  Hand-feed endangered Rothschild's giraffes from an eye-level platform in Lang'ata. Includes a 95-acre forest nature trail across the road. Open daily 9am to 5pm; cashless payment o...

• Sheldrick Wildlife Trust

  Magadi Road, Nairobi National Park, Nairobi, elephants, orphanage, wildlife, conservation, rescue, rehabilitation, black rhino, mud bath, keepers, education, family friendly, foste...

• Nairobi National Park

  The world's only national park inside a capital city. Rhino, lion and giraffe against the Nairobi skyline, seven kilometres from the CBD. Open daily from 6am; book tickets online i...

• JCK Shooting Range

  Outdoor shooting range inside Ngong Racecourse with six professional bays and licensed range officers. Open to beginners and licensed holders. Tuesday to Sunday, 8am to 6pm.

• Tope Pottery

  A cornerstone of Kenya’s modern pottery movement, transforming local clay into handcrafted kitchenware that celebrates slow, wheel-thrown craftsmanship over mass production.