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Lake Nakuru Park Day Tour & Naivasha Boat Ride: Rift Valley Safari Experience from Nairobi
4.8
12 Ratings
Lake Nakuru
Embark on a thrilling day tour to Lake Nakuru National Park and Lake Naivasha from Nairobi. Explore the Great Rift Valley, spot flamingos, and enjoy a boat ride with hippos and eagles.
Embark on a thrilling day tour to Lake Nakuru National Park and Lake Naivasha from Nairobi. Explore the Great Rift Valley, spot flamingos, and enjoy a boat ride with hippos and eagles.
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Lake Nakuru - After meeting your guide at the hotel or residency within Nairobi CBD at 6:00am, start your journey to Nakuru. While en route, stop at the Great Riff Valley view point where you will attain magnificent views of the escarpments. Arrive at Lake Nakuru by 9:00am, completing the 3-hour drive. Upon your arrival, start the 3-hour game…
- Lake Nakuru - After meeting your guide at the hotel or residency within Nairobi CBD at 6:00am, start your journey to Nakuru. While en route, stop at the Great Riff Valley view point where you will attain magnificent views of the escarpments. Arrive at Lake Nakuru by 9:00am, completing the 3-hour drive. Upon your arrival, start the 3-hour game drive with your guide and part. Break for lunch at a local restaurant, Lake Nakuru Lodge. Alternatively, you may have a pre-arranged picnic lunch in the park.
- Lake Naivasha - Have lunch, then continue to enjoy additional game drives on the way out. Depart the park at approximately 3:00pm and head to Lake Naivasha for a 1-hour boat ride. While on the boat ride, enjoy bird watching, eagle feeding, and hippo viewing. Once your boat ride comes to an end, return to the dock. Begin the drive to Nairobi for a 6:00pm arrival and get dropped off at the hotel or residency within CBD. NOTE: You will pay for your own entrance fees (60 USD per person) at the gate using VISA CARD. THEY DON’T ACCEPT CASH.
What's Included
- Small Group tour
- Professional driver guide
- Transport in a customized tour van with open roof in Kenya
- Small Group tour
- Professional driver guide
- Transport in a customized tour van with open roof in Kenya
What's Not Included
- Lunch own expense(available for purchase)
- Lake Nakuru Entrance Fee USD60 per adult, and USD35 per child
- Boat Riding Lake Naivasha USD20
- Lunch own expense(available for purchase)
- Lake Nakuru Entrance Fee USD60 per adult, and USD35 per child
- Boat Riding Lake Naivasha USD20
Additional Information
Embark on a tour to Lake Nakuru National Park for morning game drives across the floor of the Great Rift Valley, with the individualized service of a private safari guide throughout the day where hundreds of thousands of flamingos can often be seen. Next, travel to Lake Naivasha and enjoy a boat ride as you watch hippos and feed eagles. All Entrance fees and boat ride are included
Embark on a tour to Lake Nakuru National Park for morning game drives across the floor of the Great Rift Valley, with the individualized service of a private safari guide throughout the day where hundreds of thousands of flamingos can often be seen. Next, travel to Lake Naivasha and enjoy a boat ride as you watch hippos and feed eagles. All Entrance fees and boat ride are included
Location
Lake Nakuru
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(12 Ratings)
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U3936bqannas
Sep 30, 2024
The best time in Kenya - The trip was amazing! Safari guide Joe was very friendly, he had a big knowledge about the animals and their habits- his stories were very interesting. Joe stopped anytime I wanted to take a pic which was really nice :) I highly recommend this guide. Also a boat ride was full of details about the birds living around plus hippos ❤️
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D0nnask
Sep 4, 2024
Picture taking safari - John was excellent and we saw more animals than I thought we would. He would stop and let us take pictures whenever we asked him to stop. I highly recommend him.
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Roving44307197692
Oct 25, 2023
Magical - I had the best time at Lake Nakuru with Mr Evans. He was kind and patient. Arrived at my hotel on time. Explained the various animals. Took me to the boat ride resort and it was magical. Highly recommending your agency.
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848cgh
Sep 5, 2023
Amazing day - A great experience - it's quite a long drive but worth it - saw so many different animals and the driver, Stephen, was very knowledgeable about them all. The highlights for me were the hippos on Lake Naivasha, as well as rhino and a lion in Nakuru.
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726johannan
Jun 28, 2022
A tour warmly recommended - We had a wonderful day, saw lots of animals, even the lions. The boat ride was unique, so many interesting new birds, as well hippos. Warmly recommended!
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Tomremy86
Mar 26, 2022
Great! - Loved this fully packed day trip! Our guide Steve was very knowledgeable and showed us so much animals!!
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Lindsayht5016ar
Nov 22, 2021
Fantastic jam packed day with an expert and friendly guide - My day trip with Kelvin incredible. I was the only person booked on the trip, but it never felt awkward and I felt in safe hands all day. I felt like he went the extra mile to tailor the trip exactly to my interests. He has so much knowledge about the area and wildlife and is happy and enthusiastic to share it.
In terms of the location both nakuru and naivasha are insanely beautiful, I could have spent a whole day at least in each place. I'd been on a short visit to nairobi national park and ticked a few of the big mammals off, but Nakuru is just another level entirely. We got there early enough to feel like we had the whole park to ourselves, so peaceful and incredible close up sightings of mammals and 50+ species of birds. Kelvin was more than happy to help indulge me in my attempts to identify the birds and has books on board to help you learn.
Kelvin had loads of cold water on board, but take snacks if you are like me and prioritise time with the wildlife over food stops, although there are plenty of lunch options if you want to spend time on that, and the food we squeezed in at Naivasha was really good.
Most of the flamingoes were in Europe at the time of my trip, so beware the main photos in the trip guide are from specific times of year. There were still 100+ flamingoes which still made me happy and there's definitely plenty of other wildlife to make it a worthwhile trip at any time of year.
Would definitely recommend, but take more time in both locations if you can afford to!
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37simonw
Aug 22, 2021
Very well organised tour - Stephen is a very experienced, nice, and funny guide. knew where the animals could be found in the park. Tour was very well organised.
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Maartenkos
Sep 3, 2021
Great safari experience - We had a great time during this day trip safari. The guide was very nice and really made an effort to make sure we had a great experience. We saw a lot of animals, especially in Nakuru national park, including rhinos, giraffes and lions. The boat tour in Naivasha is also recommended if you want to see hippo’s from a boat just a few metres away. To summarize, I highly recommend this day tour
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Tomohiro
Oct 28, 2024
Not bad experience - We recently took a tour to Lake Nakuru and Naivasha, but the experience was negatively affected by several payment issues. At Nakuru, our card couldn’t be used at the payment point, which was unexpected since we’d never had issues with it before. After entering our card details, which made us uncomfortable, the payment still didn’t go through. As a result, we lost over an hour trying to resolve the issue. In the end, the staff at a nearby souvenir shop paid on our behalf using their card, and we had to pay them back in cash with a hefty commission fee. This situation could have been avoided if the tour company had handled the payments in advance.
On top of this, the lunch provided was very expensive, and at Naivasha, the ticket lady attempted to charge us more than the advertised price. We booked a guided tour specifically to avoid these types of issues, but instead, we encountered them multiple times, which made the experience uncomfortable.
Although our guide tried his best, we didn’t leave a tip because the problems were due to the company’s poor organization, not his efforts.
ツアー自体の内容は悪くなかったです。ただ専属ガイドを雇っていたのに、ナイバシャ湖に入場する際、受付から通常よりも高価なチケット代を請求されているにも関わらず、それを指摘してくれなかったことは残念でした。トリップアドバイザーに記載されている正規料金を見せて高価な支払いからは逃れましたが、せっかく専属ガイドを雇っているので指摘してくれても良かったのではないかと思います。
他、ナクル湖に入場する際はカード支払いしか受け付けてくれません。カード支払いが出来なければ近くの土産屋の人間が支払いを代行します。チケット代に700シリングほど手数料を上乗せされるので多めにお金を持っていくことが必要です。
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