Nairobi National Park is unique by being the only protected area in the world with a variety of animals and birds close to a capital city.The park has  400 species of  birdlife  recorded and it  is one of the most successful of Kenya's rhino sanctuaries, one of the few parks where a visitor can be certain of seeing a black rhino in its natural habitat.
Major Attractions are: the annual wildebeest and zebra migration in July/August, Black rhinoceros, Diverse birdlife, Bigs ,large herbivores- eland, buffalo, zebra and wildebeest. The park has a diversity of  fauna and flora.
Open grass plains with scattered acacia bush are predominant. The western side has a highland dry forest and a permanent river with a riverine forest in the south. In addition, there are stretches of broken bush country and deep, rocky valleys and gorges with scrub and long grass.
Man-made dams have also added a further habitat, favourable to certain species of birds.