Nairobi is a muscular, dynamic city with vibrant cultural attractions, great food and an exciting night life. Nights move to a rhythm of life, markets thrum and shops bustle. The city’s colonial history has created a foodie nirvana to whet your appetite and cater to your every taste

From the Karen Blixen Museum in the Ngong Hills to skyscrapers of the city centre, Nairobi is a colourful, vibrant city that celebrates its rich diverse culture, and embraces its colonial history. It’s a bustling business city with a safari park within its borders. It’s the gateway to Kenya’s many natural treasures. Take the time to visit, Nairobi is a city that reveals its charms, if you give it a chance.

Nairobi, a wildlife preserve runs through it. (Image: Ninara, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr)

Nairobi National Park may be within the city limits, but the wildlife experience remains spectacular. (Image: ND Strupler, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr)

Or you could visit the David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage for an up close and personal elephant experience. (Image: Amy the Nurse, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, via Flickr)

Karen Blixen’s – author of Out of Africa – Nairobi home. (Image: Ninara, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr)

The century old Nairobi Synagogue. (Image: Clive Moss, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, via Flickr)

Kenyan coffee is rightly highly sought after. (Image: ND Strupler, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr)

Kibera is one of the poorer Nairobi neighbourhoods, but it remains safe clean and entrepreneurial. (Image: Ninara, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr)

Nairobi’s Toi Market in Kibera is an Aladdin’s Cave of bargains. (Image: Ninara, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr)

Nairobi craftsman turning debris into toys. (Image: Maker Faire Africa, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr)

Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya’s first president, watches over the city. (Image: Ting Chen, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Flickr)

Downtown Nairobi when the jacarandas are in full bloom. (Image: Xiaojun Deng, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr)

The iconic Kenyatta Tower at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre offers visitors a landmark in the centre of the city from which to set their bearings. (Image: Casey Hugelfink, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Flickr)

Nairobi’s African Heritage – described by Architectural Digest as “an architecture rising from the serene Kenyan plain like an outcropping of earth, a vision of usefulness informed by the African genius for decoration.” (Image: Michael Gallacher, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Flickr)

One of Africa’s most celebrated overnight train trips begin here at the Nairobi Railway Station. (Image: Xiaojun Deng, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr)