Day Tour

1 Day Nairobi Railway Museum Tour

Duration

1 Day

Destinations

Nairobi Railway Museum, city centre

Accommodation

Not applicable, day trip

Meals

Not included

Flights

Excluded

Overview

About this tour

Nairobi exists because of a railway. The Uganda Railway ran from Mombasa to Lake Victoria, and in 1899 the halfway supply depot on a swampy plain became the town that grew into the capital. The Nairobi Railway Museum, beside the main station, keeps the record of it: locomotives, rolling stock, signalling gear, photographs and archives covering the line’s construction and its grip on the shaping of modern Kenya.

Most visitors come for one exhibit. In 1898, while the bridge at Tsavo was being built, a pair of lions killed a succession of railway workers and brought construction to a standstill for months; the carriage tied to that episode is here. You can walk through the old coaches and climb up into several of the locomotives standing out in the yard. Entrance fees, hotel transfers, drinking water and a guide are included.

Day by day

Detailed itinerary

Your driver-guide collects you from your hotel for the short run into the city centre, where the museum sits beside the main railway station.

Indoors, the displays cover the building of the Uganda Railway, Nairobi’s origins as a depot on the line, and the railway’s role in opening up East Africa: original signalling equipment, models, photographs, records, and the carriage associated with the Tsavo man-eaters. Outside in the yard you can walk among the preserved steam locomotives and rolling stock, and climb aboard several of them.

You are driven back to your hotel or on to another destination of your choice.

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

Located beside Nairobi railway station, close to the city centre.
A strong option for anyone interested in colonial history, engineering or the man eaters of Tsavo.
Much of the collection is outdoors in the yard, so a hat and sunscreen are worth bringing.

Dietary requirement(s) are catered for upon Request