Shopping

This store has products of many top designers including Penny Winter clothes, Sally Dudmesh jewellery, Niqui Theones clothes etc.

This boutique has leather bags by the famous local designer Annabelle Thom, as well as other designer items. The quality of products here are excellent though expensive, and there is no bargaining. The Village Market, Gigiri, near the UN office and American Embassy Complex is an open shopping area which also hosts the famous local handicrafts market on Fridays. The Village Market is an upscale market with good clothes and shoe shops.

Caters mainly to expatriates. This has a supermarket with a huge choice in imported items as well as food and household goods.

Again a mall with many choices. It is as popular as The Sarit Centre. It has the Nakumatt supermarket inside, as well as several boutiques and branded stores.

This is a shopping mall with a Uchumi Supermarket inside. This is a popular place with western travelers as it has a range of shops in fairly safe environs. It also has a movie hall inside. +254-20-3747408/9, 3748662, 374032

Viking House, Westlands, has two floors of an amazing selection of textiles as well as other homeware items. Tel: +254 20 4440882.

Muindi Mbingu Street, City center was originally an aircraft hanger. This is now a covered shopping area with some great shops, right in the center of the city. This place has a buzzing atmosphere and many options of food, drinks, clothes, shoes and handicrafts to choose from. One must have the art of bargaining here.

Biashara Street has a supermarket. Biashara Street is known for its textiles. This is the place to buy the traditional local Swahili wrap for men, the Kikoi.

near Norfolk Hotel: A large open market, less secure than the Masai open Market at Village Market, this is a Tuesday bazaar and a great place to pick up a variety of items including souvenirs at lower prices provided one’s bargaining skills have been honed.

Westlands again has a range of stores. It is not as popular as the Sarit centre or the Nakumatt in the same area, but has some very decent shopping in the varied shops inside.

This is a mall with many choices of good products in various ranges of pricing.

open markets are held on different days. The Tuesday market at Moi Avenue normally has better rates than the one at the Village Market on Friday.

near Racecourse Road, is a big market with vegetables, fish, textiles, souvenirs and clothes on offer in various small stalls. There is noise, color and chaos while huge crowds and their haggling voices create quite an atmosphere.

Budget shopping is mainly found in all the street stalls which have a huge range of clothes, shoes, bags, caps, sunglasses to traditional African curios, clothes and souvenirs. These can be found in all areas of Nairobi though it is best to stay within the city center or Westlands, Gigiri, Parkland or Langata areas. Bargaining is a must.

, Westlands, has more than a 100 shops of individual owners. There are immense choices in antiques, wooden artifacts, African clothes, batiks, and African traditional jewelry here.

Langata Road, has a selection of arts and crafts including those made by Nairobi street children. It is a fixed price shop with decent prices.

York House, Moi Avenue has jewellery, batik, sisal baskets, carvings in wood, ebony an soapstone, semi precious stones and other items.

Mombasa Road, is a fixed price shop for all kinds of souvenirs and local products. The place is in the outskirts of Nairobi. Tel +25420530054

Bogoni East Rd, Langata (between the Ostrich Park and Giraffe Sanctuary) has a good selection of East African handicrafts and souvenirs.

Mombasa Road is another place for all local African crafts and souvenirs

Friday at theVillage Market, Gigiri, Tuesday at the Globe Cinema Roundabout, City Centre, Saturday at the High Court Grounds, and Sundays at the Yaya center. This is the most popular tourist destination for souvenir and local curio shopping. These markets have the most amazing wares on display, though one must bargain here.

Karen Road, Langata has safari and camping equipment and accessories. Tel +254 20 884239, 884019

on Mama Ngina Street, City Centre Tel: +254 20 221797, or Mpaka Road, Westlands, Tel + 254 Tel:3742700 /3752769, has all kinds of camera and related equipment

on Langata Road has bags of canvas, leather or suede handbags, luggage or briefcases. Safari equipment can also be purchased here.