The Kenya cultural centre, Bomas of Kenya is opposite the Park. It offers traditional dancing program, and has village replicas on its ground, representing most of Kenya's ethnic groups. The headquarters of the National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi Museum is located about 6km from the city centre. The Museum keeps the original fossils of the early man and has attractive exhibitions of natural and cultural heritage of Kenya. It is an important starting point for naturalists especially bird watchers. Other Museums are located in the major towns across the country.

With her good climate, Kenya boosts of a number of interesting parks distributed all over the country. They include Maasai Mara (recently, 2006 declared the seventh wonder of the world), Amboseli, Lake Nakuru, Tsavo (East and West), Samburu Game Reserve, Shaba Game Reserve, Lake Baringo, Aberdares National Park and Meru National Park as well as the Great Rift Valley. The Valley stretches from the far end in northern Kenya down to Serengeti National Park that lies along the Kenya Tanzania border.

The Rift Valley is of international fame for its natural scenes such as Lakes Turkana, Baringo, Naivasha, Bogoria and Elmentaita, beautiful Escarpment overlooking Lake Naivasha and the dormant volcanic mount Longonot. Rift valley is also reputed as the home of early man as most of the prehistoric sites are located in it. This includes Koobi Fora east of Lake Turkana, Kariandusi and Ollogesaillie in Kenya and Olduvai Gorge and Laoteli in Tanzania.