Nairobi National Museums and Bomas Tour: Dive Into Kenya's History and Culture

Immerse yourself in Kenya’s history and culture with a tour of Nairobi National Museums and Bomas of Kenya. Explore iconic museums, experience vibrant tribal dances, and visit traditional homesteads. Get discounted joint tickets at Nairobi National Museum!

Duration: 9 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Nairobi National Museum - A 2 hour expedition of Nairobi National Museum and snake park will enable you to come into contact with Kenya’s rich ethnological, paleontology and archaeologist past. It is in this museum where thousands of pieces of historical evidence are preserved, the museum is full of history about the evolution of man,history of…
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Hotel pick up and dropoff
  • Entrance tickets to all attractions
  • Dedicated English-speaking driver guide
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
  • Tips and gratuities
  • Items of personal nature
  • Entrance to the snake park-optional activity.
Additional Information

The tour of Nairobi’s national Museums combined with a visit to the Bomas of Kenya provides a well-rounded exploration of history and culture. This journey offers a taste of our renowned museums, each infused with rich history that forms the bedrock of our identity and heritage. Guests gain insights into Kenya’s historic and contemporary cultural,…

Location
Nairobi National Museum
Museum Hill,
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Pamb550
Mar 20, 2025
Would recommend day tour with Benson - Very interesting, well paced with Benson, excellent guide. A full day, definitely worth doing. We had a private guided tour included at the National Museum, lots to see there so I would skip the stuffed animals and things you aren't wanting to see and move on to the many sections
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Grolydmd
Dec 5, 2024
History, fame and culture all in one tour! - Wonderful day tour. Excellent and friendly tour guide. Jungleman knows Nairobi! He made the day fun and informative and even took me to a place for a typical Kenyan meal. Delicious! We visited the Nairobi National Museum, the Railroad Museum and the Karen Blixen Museum and finished the day at the Bomas of Kenya, which is basically tribal ceremonial dances. Kenya has/had over 40 tribes of peoples. I learned a lot and enjoyed Jungleman's company and conversation. I would recommend this tour to anyone visiting Nairobi for the first time.
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Marthan611
Oct 18, 2024
A wonderful and enlightening tour - The tour was wonderful. Benson, our guide, was very professional, knowledgeable and very friendly. He provided us with lots of great information about his country, Nairobi Kenya. We visited many interesting museums and culture events. A very enjoyable day with Benson. Thank you Benson for making our Nairobi trip/stay an enjoyable one. A must tour to go during your Nairobi vacation.
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Martha_n
Sep 11, 2024
A wonderful and enlightening tour - This tour was wonderful. Benson, our guide was very professional, knowledgeable and very friendly. He provided us with lots of great information about his country, Nairobi Kenya. We visited many interesting museums, and culture events. A very enjoyable day with Benson. Thank you Benson for making our Nairobi stay a pleasant one. A must tour to go, in Nairobi.
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Voyager27825419369
Sep 3, 2024
A great introduction to Kenya and its history - Benson made the trip between the museums very interesting as he shared his knowledge of Kenya history and pointing out features of Nairobi. The Railroad Museum was particularly interesting as the development of the RR in Kenya is also the story of the modernization of the Kenyan state.
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Ronaldy2024
Mar 12, 2024
Learning a Lot About Nairobi in a Single Day - Benson, as tour leader-driver, was the perfect person to navigate me through the varied activities of a busy day—with his knowledge, friendliness, and patience. There were four events to attend and lots of traffic to drive through. His comments were informative and interesting. If I had the choice available, I would have liked to have him lead me through the museums himself. The museums' assigned guides were well informed; but I would have preferred Benson for continuity.
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Ronald_y
Mar 9, 2024
Deeper Glimpses of Kenya - I was especially interested in the Karen Blixen Museum; and it turned out to be a special, enjoyable experience. The guide was well informed and helpful. The Railway Museum was fascinating and well worth the time, both indoors and outdoors. The guide was well informed and helpful. The National Museum is well done and informative. The guides were well informed and helpful. Looking back, I wish that I had taken more time to look at some of the exhibits on my own, too. The Bomas of Kenya program is magnificent.
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Mickr66
Feb 9, 2024
Personalized Experience to Learn About Nairobi - Learned a lot on this tour from Benson and at the museums visited. A great way to see and experience Nairobi with personalized service.
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Shalimar1992
Jul 30, 2023
Highly recommended for Nairobi travellers - With this tour you will cover all interesting museums and see the Bomas of Kenya in addition. At the Bomas you will experience the dances and chants of the tribes of Kenya. Here also many school classes attend the spectacle, as tourists since you are also interesting for the children, they are happy to see people of different colors.
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251053wanderer
Aug 27, 2025
First day in Nairobi - Benson himself was great - thoroughly professional, friendly, very knowledgeable about Nairobi and willing to share his knowledge, answer questions and generally be very helpful not to mention being adept at navigating Nairobi's streets and traffic, all the while. This was our first day in Nairobi so Benson gave us an excellent first day orientation. Our views of the 4 experiences are mixed although we certainly enjoyed our day. The National Museum has excellent exhibits and is much more extensive than we actually saw - our experience was marred by the fact that the museum guide assigned to us was frankly pretty awful. He just wasn't interested or knowledgeable about the exhibits, nor in ensuring that we spent time in areas that were of interest to us. His primary aim was to get us through as little as possible of the museum as fast as possible. Benson was surprised that we'd come back lo the car so soon. We passed along our view of the guide to Benson and we are sure he will endeavour to avoid having this guide reassigned to any of his clients. The railway museum was a complete contrast it was far more interesting than we'd expected. The guide thoroughly knew his subject and was enthusiastic to tell us all about the various exhibits and the history of the train in Kenya without going further than we wanted. We have no doubt that he made what conceivably could be a tedious history lesson of the train in Kenya actually a joy to hear about. The Karen Blixon museum was interesting and in a lovely setting - however, we suspect that we knew more about Karen Blixon and her time and activities in Kenya, not to mention the movie 'Out of Africa' than he expected of most tourists. We had a lovely lunch out doors in a nice garden frequented by a variety of birds. The Bomas troup did their best in their substitute venue - they have had to vacate their previous bigger and better location. The was absolutely nothing wrong with the dancers/performers or performance - it was great, they were enthusiastic and most entertaining, despite their small audience (since we were very late and their original performance was long finished. The venue though did not allow them to display themselves or the dances to the best of their ability which was a shame so we hope they can return to their original venue post-refurbishment as soon as possible.
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From $110
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).