A Nairobi hotel gives a gentle introduction to Kenya

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When you visit a continent like Africa, and choose to travel around a country like Kenya, one of your main considerations after booking accommodation at your Nairobi hotel is how much equipment to pack to record the high points of your holiday.

You will want to capture every spectacular sight on each memorable day in graphic detail so that you can pore over it on your return home and relive it all when you show photographs and footage to friends and family. A good camera with a strong telephoto lens is a prerequisite if you're going game viewing.

Nairobi hotels like Southern Sun Mayfair Nairobi thrive on tourist trade but are a haven for business travellers too. Set in magnificent gardens that stretch across 12 acres, you'd be forgiven for thinking you'd stepped into a tropical paradise.

There's a convenient restaurant on-site that serves light meals at this Nairobi hotel. If you want to eat out, the Carnivore Restaurant is highly recommended, especially for meat eaters, while the coffee culture is served by Nairobi Java House. There you can sample Kenya's finest fresh-roasted coffee as well as homemade meals.

Southern Sun Mayfair provides easy access to the embassies, United Nations buildings and commercial business district and has a fully equipped business centre. For those unused to the luxury of complete relaxation, this Nairobi hotel has a health club with a sauna and fitness centre while squash courts, bowling greens and a golf club are located nearby.

Travellers visiting Kenya will want a Nairobi hotel that puts them within easy reach of some of the country's main attractions: the Masai Mara, several game reserves, museums, Mount Longonot (a dormant volcano with a massive crater that provides a haven for wildlife), the Rift Valley, the flamingoes at Lake Nakuru and the hot springs at Lake Bogaria. On a clear day, Nairobi's famous landmarks can be seen – Mount Kenya in the north and Mount Kilimanjaro in the south-east.

The Nairobi hotel is within reach of the Giraffe Centre, a sanctuary formed for the protection of the Rothschild giraffe herd that used to roam free and came dangerously close to extinction. They now number about 500.

A visit to Kenya doesn't have to be all about game viewing however. The sea on the east coast of Africa is another natural attraction with all its associated activities, deep-sea fishing being one of them.
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