It  says a lot for Sydney Pollack's directorial ability and certainly for the power of celluloid when you consider his knack for making movies. The 1985 film based on a true story by and about Karen Blixen,Out of Africa, did much to boost Kenya's popularity as a tourist  destination.

In  1994, Walt Disney's release of The Lion  King film injected new life into the country's travel industry and the hugely successful musical spectacular continues to keep Kenya top of  mind at theatres worldwide.

The Karen Blixen Museum is in Karen Road, on the outskirts of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. It's also the country's largest city, which offers guests at hotel Nairobi like the Southern Sun Mayfair Nairobi fascinating places to visit. The best way to tour is the Kenyan way – on a  Matatu, a privately-owned minibus. The good news is that fares are generally low.

The Nairobi National Park is a 15-minute drive from hotel Nairobi in  the city centre. It's the only protected animal park in the world that is located in a capital city; only a fence separates it from the urban centre.It's  not ideal and this has affected animals' migration routes, but this is one of Kenya's more successful rhinoceros sanctuaries. Species found in the park include the big cats – lion, leopard and cheetah – as well as African buffalo, baboon and black rhinoceros.
You'll also find Burchell's zebra, Coke's hartebeest, Grant's gazelle, Thomson's gazelle, eland, impala and waterbuck. The reserve near hotel Nairobi also provides a safe zone for Masai giraffe, ostrich, vulture, and  hippopotamus.
Conservationist Mervyn Cowie established the park and went on to design several more of Kenya's parks with a view to receiving tourists. This helped establish tourism as the country's primary  industry.

If  you're keen to sample the likes of what you've seen living in protected sanctuaries, you'll have to prioritise a visit to Carnivore. It's an open-air restaurant near hotel  Nairobi that specialises in meat dishes, including game. The meat is skewered on Masai swords, roasted over a charcoal fire, and carved at your table. It's nice to know the menu includes a vegetarian option.

If  you want to follow another tradition at hotel Nairobi, you'll be happy to accept an  invitation to wash down your meal with the classic Kenyan cocktail called Dawa,  which means medicine. It will be prepared at your table on a tray strung around  the bartender's neck.