Nairobi Arboretum Forest Reserve

Insights.

Arboretum is located 3km from Nairobi city making it readily accessible by foot.

Nairobi Arboretum is a protected 30 hectares reserve home to over 50 species of birds, considerable population of vervet & Sykes monkeys and over 350 species of indigenous trees. Its located along statehouse road in Kilimani area.

History.

Nairobi Arboretum owes its existence to the construction of Nairobi Uganda railways way back at the beginning of the 20th Century. Way then, Trains used wood-fired-engines and indeed huge amount of wood were required to keep the engine running. This thus called for a constant and huge supply of wood to sustain the operation.

Its was noted that many of the indigenous trees within 3 Km of the rail line were cut to supply the wood fuel. But they realized that there was quick depletion of these indigenous trees, which took a lot longer time to grow. This needed to be fixed and that's when they came up with planting soft and fast growing exotic trees.

Therefore the site for the present Arboretum was established in the present location it is now for this purposes. Facilities. paved walkways public toilets litter bins park benches Why Visit. It has grown to become on the celebrated recreational park for the city residents whose aim is tranquility, nature walk, picnic or even praying centres.

Activities:

• Bird lovers on the other hand enjoy bird watching.
• Team building game activities
• Prayers
• Nature Walk
• Picnic
• Relaxation Individuals, Family, Group
• Corporate events.

Best time to Visit.

Everyday 7 days in a week.

Depends on the purpose driving you there. However Large number of people usually frequent during weekends.

How to get there.

Arboretum is located 3km from Nairobi city making it readily accessible by foot.

In order to access the main gate, get to statehouse road past St. Andrews church past St. Paul's Cathedral, YMCA Nairobi central, University of Nairobi's hall of residence and past Arboretum junction drive. At the point where statehouse road makes a sharp left turn, take the right turn to the small road and head 300m straight ahead.

You will get to the gate and a car park at the left side of the entrance.

There is also another entrance to the arboretum from Arboretum drive in Kileleshwa.