OUR CURRENT FAVOURITES : Nairobi "Green City In The Sun"

Nairobi is the capital of Kenya. It is one of the largest cities in Africa with a population of around 3 million. Nairobi's name comes from the Maasai Ewaso Nyirobi, meaning "cool waters". The main languages spoken are English and Kiswahili. English is the legal, business and administrative language while Kiswahili remains the lingua franca. Nairobi was founded in 1899 as a supply depot for the Uganda Railway which was being constructed between Mombasa and Uganda. It was totally rebuilt in the early 1900s after an outbreak of plague and the burning of the original town. Thereafter the settlement continued to grow, becoming the capital of the British East African Protectorate in 1907 and the capital of the newly independent Kenya in 1963. Nairobi is unique in having a protected game reserve, Nairobi National Park, within its borders. Nairobi also has more species of birds than any other capital city in the world and is the starting place for many superb safaris throughout the country.