‘Booze and Party’ Culture at the National Park

Some frequent patrons of the splendors of Nairobi’s National Park are outraged over what seems to be a negative yet consistent habit within the park premises.

In a letter to the Senior Warden of the Nairobi National Park on their Facebook wall, one complainant wrote:

“Yesterday ( Sunday – 8th July 2012 ) , I decided to invite some International visitors to the park . We awoke at (4.30am) and prepared , then arrived at the main gate at (6.02am) . Imagine my surprise when I found the entrance road blocked with many parked cars , and a large sign blocking the road saying ‘PRIVATE PARTY” , we were are first blocked by Radar Security Guards who told us that we could not go , as it was a private party for (a certain company).”

The complainant was both surprised and worried that the ‘noise coming from the Rangers Restaurant area was very loud’ and that ‘people in various drunken states stumbled around outside’.

The writer was worried that this ‘booze and party’ culture was becoming detrimental to the reputation of the world renowned park. In addition, the picnic site at Kingfisher is reported to have had rubbish strewn all over the place , and many empty alcohol bottles , indicating that there was another “booze and party” event at this site .

‘I apologized to my visitors and requests that they allow me to take them to another place to eat and relax,’ the local tourist said, rather embarrassed.

The question begs however, rather than do away with the ‘private parties’ all together, why not encourage happy campers be more responsible as they have their fun, so everyone can have a good time.