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Day Tour To Lake Nakuru Park: Witness Wild Bird Populations and Flamingos
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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.
Duration:
11 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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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 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
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
- Boat ride in Lake Naivasha ($25 USD/person)
- Entrance fees ($60 USD/person)
- Gratuities
Location
Lake Nakuru
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(71 Ratings)
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Seanpj4188ql
Apr 18, 2024
Lake Nakuru Tour - Sam was an amazing tour guide and highly accommodative of any special requests! He was knowledgeable about the flora and fauna and had a special book for additional detail. We saw all of the top animals and got to see a feeding frenzy with a load of lions and hyenas. Amazing experience!
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Laurenfu3983dh
Feb 4, 2024
Definitely a must! - Had an amazing trip to Nakuru and Lake Navaisha! My tour guide, known as Black Santa was great - very friendly and knowledgeable about the animals and Kenya as a whole, and navigated the pretty crazy Kenyan roads very well. I saw so much wildlife - zebras (loads!), giraffes, buffalo, some flamingos (but a lot fewer than some pics on the internet show), rhinos and even some lionesses, among others, as well as lots of hippos on the Lake Navaisha boat ride. The drive to Nakuru was a little over three hours, but totally worth it. I was on such a high when I got back.
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Camilla_t
Jan 29, 2024
Beautiful surroundings and plenty of wildlife in just one day - We had an excellent day around beautiful, peaceful Lake Nakuru. The national park offers much more than the famous flamingos; we saw plenty of wildlife while enjoying the surroundings. Samuel was a highly knowledgeable guide who really made an effort to give us the best possible wildlife sightings. The boat trip on Lake Naivasha was a pleasant change after many hours of driving. Also a great trip (and great guide) for bird lovers
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Athi
Dec 30, 2023
Lake Nagaru - It's a day trip from Nairobi. It's a 2 hour drive without traffic in the morning but 3.5 hrs with traffic returning back.
our driver/guide Albert is very nice and knowledgeable. He was very through with animals and answered all our questions patiently.
But don't go to Lake Nakuru with the intention of seeing thousands of Flamingos. Majority of them migrated to Lake Bogoria several years ago as per our guide due to change in water. Lake Bogoria is 100 Kms from Lake Nakuru and if you want to see thousands of Flamingo, you need to go there. We did see some Flamingos but also we did see a lot of black rhinos which are more in number than even Masai Mara.
we also saw a lot of lions, zebras, giraffes, buffaloes and pelicans
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T3493ompaulp
Nov 28, 2023
Great day out!!! - From start to finish had a great experience with Black Santa our tour guide… nothing was to much to ask of him…he made sure we had the best time ever and his knowledge of the areas and animals we visited on the day was first class…the boat ride around crescent island on lake Naivasha was well worth the extra payment as you got up close to the wonderful hippos and some great sights on the water and around the island… Chris our boat tour guide was amazing also with his local knowledge and knew all the best places to go on the lake… even got an eagle to flyover and pick up some fish he had thrown out the boat… was a fantastic sight. All in all had a great day out
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Jostn2018
Nov 4, 2023
Great trip. - Great trip to Navasha with Anthony. He's very engaged, friendly and flexible. Would do it again. 5/5
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170mythrir
Oct 11, 2023
A fantastic day! - We had a wonderful trip to Lake Nakuru and Lake Naivasha where we had the pleasure of seeing black rhinos at Nakuru national park. Anthony was a thoughtful and knowledgeable guide who took great care of us and took the time to answer our questions and tell us about the lakes and the birds and animals that live around them. If you're planning to go on this tour, i would suggest taking a packed lunch so you can have more time in the national park.
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S6829oqeduardob
Oct 10, 2023
Great Day Trip from Nairobi - Enjoyed this tour! Martin was a great guide, who knew every animal we encountered during the game drive. The trip itself is worthwhile, and A treat especially for birdwatching enthusiasts. Bring binoculars!
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Akinolam642
Oct 9, 2023
It was amazing. - The tour was great 👍. Black Santa was amazing 👏. He was very knowledgeable, funny and went above and beyond.
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Daughterofmosthigh
Feb 5, 2024
Would thoroughly recommend - We couldn't have had a better tour guide, 'Black Santa' was friendly and helpful and really told us a lot about the animals and made sure we had the best experience. He was flexible to our needs and wishes about toilet breaks, food and stopping for photos. He's excellent!
(The only negative thing was the way to pay for the entrance fee to the lake, which is via an app. I had enough money on all my cards I tried 3 different cards entered all the information and it wouldn't let me confirm payment after confirming it with the banks. In the end our guide got the manager to send me a direct link which worked but that government payment site needs fixing. )
But apart from that difficulty, the experience was truly wonderful and exceeded my expectations. The optional boat trip is not to be missed, it was the best way to end the day and I we saw a number of animals up close.
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