Nairobi National Park is considered the oldest park among all the National Parks and tourist reserves of Kenya. It was opened before many such parks in Kenya, in 1946. The territory of the park with a total area of 117 square meters. km are mainly pastures for numerous herbivores, which, for the most part, are kept in the park in the dry season. This is because small dams have been built on the territory of the park, allowing them to retain moisture throughout the drought period. But when the rainy season comes, the animals scatter along the nearby plains. Nairobi Park was opened by conservationist Mervyn Cowie. Once, having returned to his homeland after a long absence, he was very alarmed by the decline in the population of animals and birds living in the expanses of the plain of Atha. He launched an active activity, as a result of which a unique park appeared, on the territory of which you can meet about 800 species of mammals and more than 400 species of birds. In the park you can see lions, rhinos, cheetahs, antelopes, giraffes, gazelles. Crocodiles and hippos are found in the waters of the Athi River, and birds and monkeys are found in coastal forests. The flora and fauna of Nairobi National Park is so diverse that you might think that you are in the heart of wild Africa, and not on the outskirts of a multi-million city. Here, unlike other parks and reserves, you can almost always see a black rhino in its natural habitat. Nairobi was originally one of the elephant migration sites. Currently, due to poaching and the growth of the surrounding population, elephants in the park are very rare. To stop the extermination of elephants by poachers hunting for valuable tusks, 10 tons of ivory were burned. For the wounded and sick animals in the national park there is a shelter - a hospital, which was created by the Wildlife Fund in 1977. Its employees initiated the opening of a shelter for cubs of elephants and rhinos that remained orphans. Parents of babies brought here from all over Kenya die, as a rule, at the hands of poachers. Elephants are fed in the nursery, and when they grow up, they are released into the savannah. Every day in the park there is a performance with the participation of little elephants who love to swim in the mud. This spectacle is available to everyone. Elephants are also brought to the audience, who can feed them from a bottle and pat on a dirty muzzle. The peculiarity of the park is that it is located almost in the city: while in the park, you can simultaneously enjoy the beauty of almost untouched wildlife and not lose sight of the silhouette of the capital of Kenya in the background, as well as you can take pictures of grazing animals in the background of high-rise office buildings. The proximity to the capital contributes to the popularity of the park among foreign tourists. Almost throughout the year, it is allowed to observe animals and birds, make safaris and visit the monument to the site of burnt ivory. In the period from July to August, you can observe the migration of zebras and wildebeests. The climate in Nairobi can be called mild, sunny, with an average temperature of +23 degrees. A suitable period for visiting the park in Nairobi is from July to March, when there is steady, dry and sunny weather. In the rainy season (October-December and April-June), heavy precipitation is observed.