Our driver will pick you up from your hotel/residence in Nairobi and set off as you drive to National Museums of Kenya located only a few minutes from Nairobi’s central business district and an excellent location to spend your time while in the capital.
The tour starts with a visit to Nairobi Snake Park which also located with the Nairobi National Museums ground and extremely popular with visitors.
The world class museum which can be accessed daily from 0830Hrs to 17:30Hrs exhibits on Kenyan history, culture, and natural heritage, including the Snake Park and botanical gardens
Key attractions include
Cradle of Human Kind gallery Visitors interact first hand with early man and Stone Age tools.
Bird’s gallery: Depicts the diversity of birds of East Africa arranged in family groups such as birds of prey, water birds and sunbirds.
Mammals Gallery: The story of mammals from the large elephant, bats to shrews is captured in three themes namely, evolution, locomotion, feeding adaptation and defense mechanism.
The History of Kenya gallery: Details the origin of Kenya’s different communities and language groups, pre-colonial period, colonial period, interaction among the communities, struggle for independence and independence.
Cycles of Life : Paints a picture of the different social interactions, and cultural activities during the life stages of man from childhood, youth, adulthood and ancestral stage. Learners get to interact with traditional items from different communities.
Numismatic Exhibition: Exposes the aspect of trade and exchange, the history of banking and the application of digital technology in trade and banking.
The Snake Park has some impressive snake species, including the puff adder, black mamba, Egyptian cobra, African rock python and Gaboon viper (with 4cm-long fangs, the longest in the world). There are also local fish species, lizards, turtles and some sad-looking crocodiles. Watch for the elephant fossil on the way down from the museum.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, fresh water 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.
In the afternoon, you will be dropped off at your hotel/Residence to spendthe rest of the day at leisure.
TO NAIROBI NATIONAL MUSEUM & SNAKE PARK
