Happy National Kansas Day!

Here are Trip Advisor’s top picks of places to visit in Kansas!

Safari Zoological Park

We had the BEST day at the Safari Park in Caney! The owners and workers are all so knowledgeable, very engaging and supe friendly. The grounds were so nice, the animals so healthy and you can tell extremely well taken care of. This was not just a walk through, but a guided tour where so many aspects of each animal was explained and they answered all the questions we had about them.It was so neat to see them being fed up close and see all the different animal personalities. 🙂 Its evident that owners and workers are so passionate about the animals, giving them the very best care. This place was such a gem, we had so much fun, and plan to go back!! From Stephanie and family from Independence ks. (Bessie) ️

Boot Hill Museum

The exciting and unique story of early Dodge City is told daily along Front Street at Boot Hill Museum. The museum chronicles the establishment of a rough and rowdy cattle town known as Dodge City. The museum is located on the original site of Boot Hill Cemetery and highlights the glory days as Queen of the Cowtowns with creative, lively, interactive displays and activities the entire family will enjoy. Boot Hill Museum is open all year long where you can belly up to the bar for a cold sarsaparilla, enjoy some of grandma’s homemade fudge in the General Store or take home a lasting memento of your old west experience from the Boot Hill gift shop. During the summer months, children’s activities, gunfight reenactments, country-style dinners and the Long Branch Variety Show provides entertainment like none other!

Strataca

Travel 650 feet underground into an active salt mine! Experience a cool and soothing subterranean world formed by salt deposits in the Permian Sea long ago. See the raw mine as it was left more than 50 years ago on the Salt Mine Express train ride and catch a guided tour on a tram to the Dark Ride. You won’t want to miss a special gallery filled with authentic movie costumes and memorabilia. And don’t miss the SALT SAFARI add on tour. A one hour guided adventure tour that goes BEYOND STRATACA. See salt formations not available to the general public until now! Limited capacity — only 12 visitors at a time depart 3-4 times a day.

Tanganyika Wildlife Park

I discovered Tanganyika Wildlife Park on social media. Seeing the pictures and videos of people having these once-in-a-lifetime encounters with animals blew me away! I was so excited to meet otters and penguins and sloths (and Mars, the pgymy hippo, of course). I signed up for the Ultimate Weekend and it was ultimate plus plus! I was traveling solo, and the staff took such good care of me. From the check-in counter to the VIP Room where you meet up for your animal encounters, everyone was friendly and personable and oh-so-knowledgeable about the animals. You could really tell that they loved them, too. A special shoutout to Lexie for introducing me BY NAME to pretty much every animal in the park. The animal reserve itself is beautiful and very well maintained, but the people make it come alive. Plus, I got to swim with penguins and hang out with sloths and feed a baby kangaroo — it was a bucket list trip.

The Keeper of the Plains

The Keeper of the Plains stands at the confluence of the Big and Little Arkansas rivers with hands raised in supplication to the Great Spirit. Renowned Kiowa-Comanche artist Blackbear Bosin donated the Keeper of the Plains to the citizens of Wichita on May 18, 1974.Since the sculpture’s installation to commemorate the United States Bicentennial, it has become a symbol for the city of Wichita and a tribute to the local American Indian tribes. in 1974. A complete renovation of the sculpture and installation of the Keeper of the Plains Plaza now brings people out each evening to see the Keeper and the “Ring of Fire.” The 44-foot Cor-Ten steel Keeper of the Plains statue is now 30 feet higher than before with its new pedestal, surrounded by a plaza which describes the Plains Indian way of life.

SOURCE: TRIPADVISOR.COM