Several Sundays a month, hundreds of Nairobi residents flee the noise and bustle of the city for the much more genteel surroundings of the Ngong Hills Racecourse, just east of Karen. The public enclosure is free to enter; entry to the grandstand is KSh150. There are usually three races every month during the season, which runs from October to July. You can get here on the Metro Shuttle bus (KSh60, 30 minutes) and matatus 24 or 111 (KSh30), all from Haile Selassie Ave.
In the past, races had to be cancelled because of rogue rhinos on the track, but the biggest danger these days is stray balls from the golf course in the middle!
