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1. Nairobi National Park

National park and wildlife reserveLang'ata

Kenya's first national park, created in 1946, where lions, black rhinos and giraffes roam open grassland within sight of the Nairobi skyline.

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2. Giraffe Centre

Giraffe sanctuary and conservation centreLang'ata

Conservation centre in Lang'ata where visitors hand-feed endangered Rothschild's giraffes from a raised platform and learn about AFEW Kenya's breeding and education work.

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3. Karen Blixen Museum

Historic house museumKaren

The 1912 farmhouse where Danish author Karen Blixen lived while running her coffee farm, now a National Museums of Kenya site with period furniture and gardens below the Ngong Hills.

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4. Nairobi National Museum

National museum of natural history and cultureMuseum Hill

Kenya's flagship museum on Museum Hill, covering human origins, wildlife, birds and the country's history, with botanic gardens and a snake park in the grounds.

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5. Nairobi Railway Museum

Railway museumCentral Business District

Museum beside Nairobi railway station telling the story of the line that created the city, with steam locomotives, coaches and historic photographs.

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6. Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC)

Landmark building and viewpointCentral Business District

A Nairobi landmark since 1973, this tower is crowned by a cone-shaped helipad whose rooftop gives open views over the city centre and, on clear days, towards the Ngong Hills.

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7. Nairobi Gallery

Art gallery and heritage museumCentral Business District

A 1913 colonial building on Kenyatta Avenue, home to Point Zero and the Murumbi African Heritage collections of art, jewellery, textiles and furniture.

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8. Kenya National Archives and Murumbi Gallery

National archives and Pan-African art galleryCentral Business District

The national archives on Moi Avenue, whose ground-floor Murumbi Gallery displays a large collection of African art and artefacts assembled by Kenya's second vice-president.

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9. Nairobi Arboretum

Arboretum and urban parkKilimani

A wooded park off State House Road, founded in 1907 to trial forestry trees and now a quiet place for walks, birdwatching and picnics close to the city centre.

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10. Jamia Mosque

Historic mosqueCentral Business District

Nairobi's principal mosque on Banda Street, built between 1925 and 1933 with marble, Quranic inscriptions, three silver domes and twin minarets.

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