Hva som skjer i Nairobi, Kenya gjennom året

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, skoleferie i 5 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Sesong

  Dry-season game viewing

  1. jan – 28. febTørrsesong

  The short break between the two rainy seasons. Animals concentrate on what water is left in Nairobi National Park, and the tracks are firm enough to drive properly.

Fortsatt på gang: Migrant bird season (1. nov – 15. apr (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Fortsatt på gang: Dry-season game viewing (1. jan – 28. feb), Migrant bird season (1. nov – 15. apr (vanligvis))

Travelt — mellom toppene, Easter travel week

• Sesong

  The long rains

  15. mar – 31. mai · vanligvisMonsunRisiko

  The heavier of the two wet seasons, arriving as afternoon storms and settling in through April. Roads flood, everything greens, and the safari camps drop their rates or close.

• Helligdag

  Easter travel week

  20. mar – 25. apr · vanligvisPåske og stillehelgMye folkStengninger

  Good Friday and Easter Monday are both public holidays and Nairobi empties towards the coast and the up-country homes. Flights to Mombasa and Diani go first; the city itself is easy that week. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Migrant bird season (1. nov – 15. apr (vanligvis))

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, Easter travel week

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Fortsatt på gang: The long rains (15. mar – 31. mai (vanligvis)), Easter travel week (20. mar – 25. apr (vanligvis)), Migrant bird season (1. nov – 15. apr (vanligvis))

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i mai.

Fortsatt på gang: The long rains (15. mar – 31. mai (vanligvis))

Travelt — mellom toppene, Madaraka Day

• Helligdag

  Madaraka Day

  1. junNasjonaldagStengninger

  The 1st of June, marking self-rule, with the national ceremony rotating between county stadiums. Offices and banks shut and the roads out of the city are heavy the evening before. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Safari high season

• Natur

  Mara migration season

  1. jul – 31. okt · vanligvisDyrelivssesongBestill tidlig

  The herds cross in from the Serengeti and the Mara River crossings run from late July into October. Nairobi is the way in and out, and the reason its flights are full. Kilde ↗

• Sesong

  Safari high season

  1. jul – 15. oktTørrsesongMye folkBestill tidlig

  Cool, dry and the busiest stretch of the year for the camps, while the city itself is quiet and comfortable. Book the Mara side of the trip a long way ahead.

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Safari high season

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: Mara migration season (1. jul – 31. okt (vanligvis)), Safari high season (1. jul – 15. okt)

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Safari high season

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Mara migration season (1. jul – 31. okt (vanligvis)), Safari high season (1. jul – 15. okt)

Travelt — mellom toppene, Safari high season

• Natur

  Jacaranda on the old avenues

  1. okt – 15. nov · vanligvis

  The colonial-era streets around Upper Hill and Westlands go purple as the short rains start, and the petals end up thicker on the pavement than on the tree. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Nairobi Marathon

  25. oktSportsarrangementMye folkStengninger

  Thirty thousand runners on the Southern Bypass in late October, in the country that produces most of the world's distance champions. The road closures start early. Kilde ↗

• Sesong

  The short rains

  20. okt – 15. des · vanligvisMonsun

  Lighter and less reliable than the long rains, usually starting late in October. Low season for safaris, green everywhere, and the cheapest the camps get.

• Helligdag

  Mashujaa Day

  20. oktNasjonaldagStengninger

  Heroes' Day on 20 October, a public holiday landing in the busiest safari month of the year. When it falls next to a weekend the Mara flights and the Naivasha road both fill up. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Mara migration season (1. jul – 31. okt (vanligvis)), Safari high season (1. jul – 15. okt)

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Natur

  Migrant bird season

  1. nov – 15. apr · vanligvisFuglesesong

  Palearctic migrants arrive with the short rains and stay into April, which is when the national park, the Athi plains and the Rift lakes an hour away hold the most species. The residents are there all year. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Jacaranda on the old avenues (1. okt – 15. nov (vanligvis)), The short rains (20. okt – 15. des (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Jamhuri Day

• Helligdag

  Jamhuri Day

  12. desSkoleferieStengningerMye folk

  Independence day, a public holiday with a stadium ceremony, and the start of the stretch when Kenyan families fill the parks and the coast for the holidays. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: The short rains (20. okt – 15. des (vanligvis)), Migrant bird season (1. nov – 15. apr (vanligvis))