Day Tour

1 Day Nairobi National Museum Tour

Duration

1 Day

Destinations

Nairobi National Museum, Museum Hill

Accommodation

Not applicable, day trip

Meals

Not included

Flights

Excluded

Overview

About this tour

If you have time for one museum in Kenya, make it this one. The Nairobi National Museum on Museum Hill covers natural history, culture and prehistory on a single site, and its Cradle of Humankind gallery holds a collection of early hominid fossils that few institutions anywhere can match, material excavated by the Leakeys in the Rift Valley and around Lake Turkana that changed what we understand about where humans came from.

The rest fills several hours without effort: the Great Hall of Mammals, the birds gallery, the cultural collections, and a substantial gallery of contemporary Kenyan painting and sculpture. Outside stands Ahmed, the enormous tusked bull of Marsabit who was placed under presidential protection in the 1970s. Botanical gardens and the Snake Park share the grounds. Entrance fees, transfers, drinking water and a guide are included.

Day by day

Detailed itinerary

Your driver-guide collects you from your hotel for the short drive to Museum Hill, just outside the city centre.

A guided route through the permanent collections. Cradle of Humankind holds hominid fossil material from the Rift Valley and Lake Turkana, among the most significant recovered anywhere. The Great Hall of Mammals covers Kenyan wildlife; the birds gallery, the cultural collections and the history sections cover the country’s peoples and its past; and the contemporary gallery shows work by Kenyan artists.

Time in the botanical gardens and among the outdoor exhibits, including the statue of Ahmed of Marsabit. You are then driven back to your hotel, with the Snake Park on the same site if you would like to add it.

What is covered

Inclusions and exclusions

Included

Transport in a safari vehicle with pop-up roof
Pick up and drop off at your Nairobi hotel
Services of a professional English-speaking guide / driver
All applicable entrance fees
Mineral Water
Statutory taxes

Not included

Personal Insurance
Items of personal nature
Alcoholic & Soft drinks
Meals unless stated as included
Optional activities
Gratuity for your driver guide
Visa to Kenya
Yellow Fever Vaccine

Before you go

Key information

Starting and ending point: Nairobi
English-speaking driver guide.
Entrance fees are included.
Hotel pick up and drop off within Nairobi included.
Transport in a safari vehicle with pop-up roof.
Departs daily, subject to availability. Private and group options available.

Good to Know

Good to know

The Snake Park sits on the same site and can be added for a small extra entrance fee.
A good option for a rainy day or a first afternoon in Nairobi before heading out on safari.
Photography inside the galleries may be subject to an additional camera fee.

Dietary requirement(s) are catered for upon Request