Considered the only wildlife capital in the world, Nairobi is the only city in the world with a national park just 8 kms away.Nairobi also serves as an exellent base and hub for travel to other destinations in east and central africa .the city got its name from a maasai word "enkare nyarobi" meaning a place of cool waters as the maasai people used to herd their cattle in nairobi which used to be abig swamp before the railway contractors settled in the early 1900