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Nairobi in 3 days

Museum morning, a Karen and giraffes day, and a last coffee before the car to the airport; every long leg is a car, and the last day ends with the bags already in it.

Days

3

Plan status

draft

Walking

2km

default plan, all days

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Pace

Relaxed: up to 2 routed stops a day, starting 09:30. Normal: up to 3. Packed: up to 4, from 08:30.

Interests

Not offered: our Nairobi data has nothing tagged history.

The original 3-day plan.

Day 1 — Museum Hill, lunch in the CBD

EasyLow time risk~0.4 km (0.2 mi) walkno long stairsKES 900 taxi

leave byLeave Nairobi National Museum by 11:40 to keep the 12:30 last seating.

31 min of buffer left.

  1. 08:30–08:55Ride-hail car to Museum Hill
  2. 08:55–10:25Nairobi National Museum
  3. 10:25–10:45Car to the CBD
  4. 10:45–12:30Buffer / wander near Your lunch table (CBD)
  5. 12:30–13:30Lunch table 12:30 (CBD)hard

What this plan gives up

  • L1Taxi KES 500 (Ride-hail car to Museum Hill) — protects: Lunch table 12:30 (CBD).
  • L1Taxi KES 400 (Car to the CBD) — protects: Lunch table 12:30 (CBD).
  • L2Shorten Nairobi National Museum to 90 min (minimum worthwhile visit) — protects: Lunch table 12:30 (CBD).
  • L2Skip City Market (optional) — protects: Lunch table 12:30 (CBD).
  • L2Skip Nairobi Railway Museum (optional) — protects: Lunch table 12:30 (CBD).
Why this route?

DFL 1.4 = PFL 0.4 + OFL 1 · walk 400 m (0.2 mi) · steps ↑0 ↓0

P_late 0.0% (100 Monte Carlo runs) · margin p90 31′ · relax L2 · yield 6 · option value 0

Deadline: last seating 12:30 → latest arrival 12:20, slack 18′

β vs α: time risk 6% → 0%; margin +28 min; +KES 0.

trace: generated 10 · rejected no_edge×2, p50_after_latest_arrival×4, p_late>0.15×2 · frontier 4 · seed 1906112897 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium

After: Hotel or AC café 13:30–16:00; be back at the hotel before dusk.

Day 2 — Karen, a garden lunch, the giraffes

EasyLow time risk~1.3 km (0.8 mi) walkno long stairsKES 2,700 taxi
  1. 08:30–09:25Ride-hail car to Karen
  2. 09:25–10:25Karen Blixen Museum
  3. 10:25–10:35Walk north on Karen Road
  4. 10:35–11:20Karen Blixen Coffee Garden
  5. 11:20–11:45Car to Duma Road
  6. 11:45–12:45Giraffe Centre
  7. 12:45–13:00Car to Langata Road
  8. 13:00–15:00Carnivore Restaurant

What this plan gives up

  • L1Taxi KES 1,500 (Ride-hail car to Karen) — saves walking and transfers.
  • L1Taxi KES 700 (Car to Duma Road) — saves walking and transfers.
  • L1Taxi KES 500 (Car to Langata Road) — saves walking and transfers.
Why this route?

DFL 2.8 = PFL 1.3 + OFL 1.5 · walk 1.3 km (0.8 mi) · steps ↑0 ↓0

P_late 0.0% (fast path: safe) · margin p90 n/a · relax L1 · yield 21.3 · option value 0

trace: generated 28 · rejected no_edge×1 · frontier 3 · seed 1906112897 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium

After: Evening: dinner at the hotel or by car; book the ride back before you go.

Day 3 — A last coffee, car to JKIA at 12:00

EasyLow time risk~0.2 km (0.1 mi) walkno long stairsKES 300 taxi

leave byLeave Java House (Westlands) by 11:25 to keep the 12:00 boarding.

20 min of buffer left.

  1. 09:00–09:03Walk along Westlands Road
  2. 09:03–09:48Java House (Westlands)
  3. 09:48–09:54Car back to the hotel for the bags
  4. 09:54–12:00Buffer / wander near Hotel pickup (bags) → Jomo Kenyatta (JKIA)
  5. 12:00–13:00Car to JKIA at 12:00hard

What this plan gives up

  • L1Taxi KES 300 (Car back to the hotel for the bags) — protects: Car to JKIA at 12:00.
  • L2Skip Karura Forest (optional) — protects: Car to JKIA at 12:00.
Why this route?

DFL 0.7 = PFL 0.2 + OFL 0.5 · walk 200 m (0.1 mi) · steps ↑0 ↓0

P_late 0.0% (fast path: safe) · margin p90 20′ · relax L2 · yield 4 · option value 0

Deadline: boarding 12:00 → latest arrival 11:50, slack 15′

trace: generated 6 · rejected fast_fail:deadline×3, p50_after_latest_arrival×1 · frontier 1 · seed 1906112897 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium

After: JKIA: allow 3 h before an international departure; traffic can double the ride.

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