Getting there
Getting to Thika Road, pickup and timing
Where Safari Park Hotel actually is, how transfers work, and what to plan around.
Check availability ↗Getting there, by option
| Option | Best for | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Self-drive or taxi | Guests booking direct through GetYourGuide | Confirm your own transport — not every listing includes it |
| Bundled hotel transfer | Guests booking a longer, separately priced tour | Offered by some independent operators, not GetYourGuide's own listing by default |
| Staying on-site | Guests already at Safari Park Hotel | No transfer needed at all |
Where Safari Park Hotel actually is
Safari Park Hotel & Casino sits on Thika Road in Kasarani, on the northern edge of Nairobi, opposite the Moi International Sports Centre and roughly 12km from the city centre. It's set on a large hotel property — 64 acres by the hotel's own description — rather than a stand-alone restaurant on a city street, which is part of why the grounds feel more like a resort than a single dinner venue once you're inside the gates.
Hotel pickup — check before you assume it
This is the detail most worth double-checking before you book. Several independent tour operators sell this same evening bundled with a round-trip hotel pickup, at their own separate price point rather than GetYourGuide's own from-price — that's a different, longer-format product built around the same show, not evidence that every listing for the Safari Cats includes a transfer by default. If a pickup matters to your evening, read the specific inclusions on the exact listing you're booking rather than assuming it matches a different operator's version of the same night out.
Self-driving or taxi
Thika Road is one of Nairobi's main arterial routes, and Safari Park Hotel's own signage and grounds are well known locally, so a taxi or ride-hailing app can get you there without needing a pre-arranged tour transfer. On-site parking is available for guests driving themselves, which is worth considering if your hotel isn't near a pickup route or you'd simply rather keep your own schedule for the drive home after 11pm.
What time to arrive
Because the buffet opens at 7pm and the show doesn't start until 9pm, there's a genuine two-hour window to arrive within rather than a single fixed door time — arriving earlier in that window means a better choice of tables before the room fills ahead of the 9pm show. Arriving right at 9pm risks a table further from the open floor, since the room fills through the dinner hour rather than all at once just before the performance.
How long to set aside
Between the drive to Kasarani, dinner, the 45-minute show and the drive back, the evening runs from around 7pm to 11pm for anyone staying for the full programme — call it four hours door to door from a central Nairobi hotel, traffic depending. It isn't a quick after-dinner stop; treating it as the evening's main event, rather than squeezing it in after a full day of sightseeing, tends to make for a better night.
The trip home
Kasarani is a drive from most central Nairobi accommodation, and taxis aren't reliably waiting outside the hotel gates at 11pm on a quiet night. Arranging your return transport before the evening starts — whether that's a booked tour transfer, a ride-hailing app with the route saved, or a taxi number confirmed in advance — is worth doing rather than working it out at the end of a long night.