Karura Forest Half Day Tour

Karura Forest is located north of central Nairobi and it is a good way of spending your time in Nairobi either cycling through the trails or walking and exploring the forest, which has different species of trees. It offers a chance to visit the waterfall, marshland, and Mau Mau caves. The forest is known to host a variety of animals including Harveys and Grimms Duikers, Bushbucks, Bush Pigs, Genet Cats, Civets, Bush Babies, Porcupines, Sykes Monkeys, Ground Squirrels, Hares, and the Epauletted-Bat, as well as different species of birds such as Ayres Hawk-eagle, the African Crowned Eagle, the Silvery-cheeked Hornbill, Hartlaubs Turaco, the Narina Trogon, the African Wood Owl, Crested Cranes, Sparrows, Doves, Weavers, and Vultures. It is also home to reptiles like rock pythons, numerous other harmless snakes, plated and monitor lizards, and is a habitat for numerous species of butterflies, including the African Queen and the Desmonds Green Banded Swallowtail.