Originally Posted by roadwarriorafrica
I live in Nairobi, and have been here for 9 years. I would recommend that you take a Kenatco Taxi from outside the hotel. The doorman can organise this for you. The taxi will have a fixed rate card printed and laminated. The drive from the Hilton to Karen on a weekday is about 1/2 hour. You must go to the Daphne Sheldrick Elephant orphanage. This is only open from 11:00 am for 1 hour, and you must get there by 10:50 am. After that, you can visit other places around Karen. May I suggest the Giraffe Centre, Karen Blixen Museum, Kazuri Beads, Matt Bronze. The Carnivore has down a bit. Have fun.
Thanks for the great suggestions! I am assuming that all of the items in Karen can be walked once I'm in the area? We are planning to go to Carnivore for dinner, so perhaps we could just get a cab to the area, and head back in a cab after dinner? Possibly see if Hilton can arrange to send a cab to pick us up?