Nairobi: National Museum, Illusions & Karen Blixen Tour

Highlights

• Explore Nairobi's top museums on a guided tour with hotel pickup and drop-off
• Discover Kenya's history and culture at the Nairobi National Museum
• Visit the Museum of Illusions and experience optical illusions and puzzles
• Learn about Karen Blixen's life and work at her historic home and museum
• Enjoy the option to have lunch at a local restaurant at your own expense

Description

Begin your Nairobi museum experience with pickup from your hotel or residence by a professional driver-guide. After a brief introduction, start a guided journey through Kenya’s history, culture, science, literature, and heritage.

Your first stop is the Nairobi National Museum, one of Kenya’s leading heritage institutions. During the approximately 2-hour visit, explore exhibitions covering early human evolution, Kenya’s communities, migration patterns, traditional cultures, colonial history, independence, wildlife, birds, and natural heritage.

Learn about Kenya’s important contribution to the study of human origins, including discoveries such as Turkana Boy, one of the most significant early human fossils ever found.

Continue to the Museum of Illusions Nairobi for an entertaining and interactive experience. Spend approximately 1.5 hours exploring optical illusions, holograms, puzzles, mirror rooms, and visual installations that challenge how the brain interprets what the eyes see.

The museum offers fun learning activities and excellent opportunities for creative photographs, making it suitable for adults, families, and children.

Your final stop is the Karen Blixen Museum, located near the Ngong Hills in the peaceful Karen neighborhood. The historic house was once the home of Danish author Karen Blixen, best known for Out of Africa.

During the guided tour, learn about her life in Kenya, her writing, coffee farming, and the challenges she experienced during the colonial era. Walk through the preserved house, view period furniture and personal displays, and see old farm tools and coffee-processing equipment connected to the estate.

After the museum visits, choose to enjoy an optional Kenyan lunch at a local restaurant at your own expense. The tour concludes with a comfortable drop-off at your hotel or residence.

Includes

• Hotel pick-up and drop-off
• Admission to National Museum(if option is selected)
• Admission to Museum Of illusions(if option is selected)
• Admission to Karen Blixen Museum(If option is selected)
• Guided tour of Nairobi National Museum
• Guided tour of Museum of Illusions Nairobi
• Guided tour of Karen Blixen Museum
• Bottled water

Excludes

• Lunch
• Beverages

Important Information

• Optional Kenyan lunch at a local restaurant is at your own expense.

Easy cancellation

Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund