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Day Tour To Lake Nakuru Park: Witness Wild Bird Populations and Flamingos
4.8
90 Ratings
Lake Nakuru
Embark on an 11.5-hour exploration of Lake Nakuru National Park, renowned for its extraordinary variety of wild birds including Africa’s flamingos. Experience exciting wildlife sightings during a safari drive, and cherish a 1-hour boat tour on Lake Naivasha. The adventure concludes with a return trip to your hotel in Nairobi.
Embark on an 11.5-hour exploration of Lake Nakuru National Park, renowned for its extraordinary variety of wild birds including Africa’s flamingos. Experience exciting wildlife sightings during a safari drive, and cherish a 1-hour boat tour on Lake Naivasha. The adventure concludes with a return trip to your hotel in Nairobi.
Duration:
11 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
- Exclusive Private Tour
- Professional Driver/Guide
- Convenient Hotel or Residence Pickup/Drop-off in Nairobi
- Engaging Live Commentary Onboard
- Hassle-Free Airport Pickup
- Exclusive Private Tour
- Professional Driver/Guide
- Convenient Hotel or Residence Pickup/Drop-off in Nairobi
- Engaging Live Commentary Onboard
- Hassle-Free Airport Pickup
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Entrance fees
- Gratuities
- Entrance fees
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
(90 Ratings)
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Escapejunkie995
Sep 28, 2025
Best time! - Wonderful experience! I highly recommend this tour. Our guide was very knowledgeable concerning the animals and facts about them. He was also very considerate to our needs and helpful.
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Andrew_l
Sep 14, 2025
Long day but worth it! - Samuel was very friendly and knowledgeable. He was great at helping me spot the animals and explaining the details of them.
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E7031eqomarr
Jul 30, 2025
Amazing safari experience with Samuel - This was our 1st ever safari and we absolutely loved it! Our driver and guide Samuel drove us safely through to the national park. He was very kind and considerate, and stopped to ensure that we could take pictures of all the animals. Samuel had a very keen eye and was very observant - he spotted a baboon in a tree from 300m away. We saw flamingo, hippo, zebra, giraffe, rhino, lion and hyena. Samuel was lovely and so patient with us and we would recommend this.
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Drtusharacharya
Jul 10, 2025
Great day trip - Festus was an excellent guide. Very knowledgeable and polite. We had a great time. 3 hours drive from Nairobi. Saw lions!!
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Kiley
May 11, 2025
Amazing Guide! - I took this trip with my guide, Festus Kazungu. The trip itself was absolutely stunning and was full of exciting wildlife. Festus Kazungu was a delight to have as a guide and I would highly recommend him to anyone! He was kind, funny, and extremely knowledgeable. I can’t recommend this trip enough!
Asante sana!
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Vacation23061339904
Aug 22, 2025
A beautiful place - Our guide and driver Kazungu is full of knowledge of animals and birds. We saw lots different birds particularly and have a great day. Thanks, Kazungu.
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Tom
Apr 4, 2025
A great day out with a great guide and some nice photos to remember the experience. - Trip could have been more comfortable, if the vehicle used was a proper safari vehicle.
Had a wonderful experience visiting the park and have some nice photos to remember it by, including photos of some of the ‘Big 5’.
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Bilge_354
Mar 7, 2025
Lake Nakuru - Lake Nakuru was absolutely stunning. We encountered countless buffalo, zebras, impalas, baboons, and a wide variety of bird species. Festus and Larisa were exceptional guides—they were incredibly knowledgeable about the wildlife and made the experience even more enjoyable with their great company. Although the road to the lake was quite bumpy, the journey was more than worth it.
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Westryg
Aug 30, 2025
Too far and long for a day trip - Traffic problems turned this 12-hour trip into a nearly 16-hour trip. Obviously the tour company is not to blame for an accident that made traffic horrendous, but i would have expected them to check traffic reports before picking me up because the accident had occurred during the night. I would have preferred for the company to notify me of the issue and offer to cancel or reschedule.
James and Wilson did a good job navigating around the traffic, taking back roads to get to each lake. They were good guides and I have no complaints with them.
However, this really isn’t a good day trip. By the time we arrived at Lake Nakuru, it was too hot and late in the day for many animals to be out. I think that would have been true even without the traffic delays. Lake Naivasha was the best part of the day. I was there for a sunset boat ride and managed to see many hippos, both in and out of the water.
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Hollydw427rq
Jan 19, 2025
Not great experience - Unfortunately due to lake flooding there were no flamingos. Disappointing but was the guide knew this but lead us on the whole trip. Guide was a horrendous driver, he made us very car sick in the first few minutes due to the constant stop start on the accelerator. Animals very disappointing in the NP, very hard as had come off fabulous 5 day safari in Uganda.
Guide took us to dodge place for lunch, all a scam so he got a free lunch. When we went on boat ride in the lake which was pretty dreadful, there was a lovely place there we could have had lunch.
Don’t know guides real name, he just introduced himself as Black Santa.
Saying all of that, because it was so bad, we have never laughed so much in our life, what else could we do…
Roof keep collapsing, and he was too lazy to keep putting it back up..
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