National Museum & Snake Park

Nairobi National Museum day tour travels to the Nairobi National Museum located at the Museum Hill, approximately 10 minutes drive from the Nairobi City Centre. It houses some of the most celebrated collections of History, Culture & Art from Kenya and East Africa. The museum aims to interpret the heritage of Kenya to stimulate appreciation and learning. Nairobi National Museum tour lasts about 2 hours and is a great eye-opener into Kenya’s culture & history. The museum holds a wide variety of most reputed collections relating to culture, history, and art hailing from East Africa and Kenya. This museum interprets Kenyan heritage for stimulating learning and appreciation. Nairobi Museum is a huge facility with many educating sections, which is the best educational center and one can easily spend all day here.

Nairobi Snake Park (NSP) is one of the National Museums of Kenya attractions located adjacent to the Nairobi National Museum and is extremely popular with visitors. On display are, cobras, puff adders, mambas and the large African-Rock Python (non-poisonous) found only in Kenya. Several species of crocodile found in Africa, the American alligator, freshwater terrapins and tortoises are also on display aquariums holding coral fish from the East African lakes and rivers are a main feature of the park. Apart from the attraction, the Snake Park provided refuge and home for abandoned and unwanted reptiles including a giant tortoise that is still currently living at the park. The specimen was found wandering along a road in Limuru in 1961. The Snake Park has continued to provide refuge to a number of abandoned, threatened, rescued and unwanted reptiles to date.