Lake Nakuru National Park: Full-Day Private Tour for Bird and Rhino Watching from Nairobi
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92 Ratings
Lake Nakuru
Embark on an unforgettable full-day private tour of Lake Nakuru National Park from Nairobi. Witness the incredible bird population, spot endangered rhinos, and take a boat ride on Lake Naivasha.
Duration: 10 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Lake Nakuru - After meeting your guide at your hotel or residence 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. \n\nHave 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, 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 your hotel or residence within Nairobi CBD
What's Included
  • Private tour
  • Driver/guide
  • Pickup and drop-off to your hotel or residence within Nairobi
  • Live commentary on board
What's Not Included
  • Entrance fees (USD $60 per person) paid using Visa Card till 31st Dec 2023. $100 from 1st Jan 2024
  • Boat ride in Lake Naivasha (USD $ 25 per person)
  • Food and drinks
  • Gratuities
  • Pickup and drop off to the airport at 20 USD.
Additional Information

Enjoy this 11.5-hour tour of Lake Nakuru National Park, home to one of the most remarkable wild bird populations in all of Africa. Observe the wildlife on a game viewing drive, and be on the lookout for the park’s amazing flamingos. Note that this park is a Natural RHINO sanctuary which is an endangered species and also one of the BIG FIVE animals.

Enjoy an optional 1-hour boat ride on Lake Naivasha as well before being transported back to your Nairobi hotel.

  • Please note that clients pay their own entrance at the gate using a VISA/AMEX or Mastercard. The rate is 60 USD per person
Location
Lake Nakuru
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Katharine_t
Mar 24, 2024
Excellent - An excellent day trip! We had a fantastic guide, easy pick up, beautiful drive through the valley, and managed to find a pride of lions feasting away on a kill! Highly recommend :) The lake is a beautiful place
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Daughterofmosthigh
Feb 6, 2024
Magical and boat ride was the crowning highligh - Apart from the App the government uses to collect payment for the entrance fee to the park, which didn't work properly and took away half an hour of precious time, the rest of the experience was magical. My friend and I would really recommend this tour. Big cats are less common which means other animals roam around freely and its wonderful seeing them in thier natural habitat. The your exceeded my expectations. The optional boat ride really made it perfect, that was when we saw hippos and even wilderbeast on the island we went to. I saw more varieties and species of animal than I ever imagined seeing in just one day. The boat ride was the best experience cos of the views and how close we could get to the shore to see the creatures. Black Santa our tour guide was excellent and I hope if I come again we can have him again. At Lake Naivasha , our boat guide was Ian and he got the eagles to come close by throwing them food. Brilliant day ! Good value for money compared to what other tours offered and well worth it!
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Jkybamberger
Sep 6, 2023
Fantastic tours - Edgar was an excellent guide. Knowledgeable about a variety of topics - the area, animals. birds. Friendly and a skilled driver. The lake tour also had an excellent guide. Edward knew where to find the hippos and an extremely large variety of birds. I could spend a week learning from each of them.
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Scott_h
Aug 17, 2023
Balanced - Definitely an abundance of God's beautiful creatures. The tour through the park seems closer to an original version of the untouched past.
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Franck_k
Mar 19, 2023
Hello Rhinos! - I greatly appreciated this first experience in Kenya with this tour of Nakuru National Park. Danson has been a nice and friendly guide in the park and knows everything about the wildlife.
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Madeleine_p
Feb 27, 2023
Great Trip with lots of wildlife, unrealistic itinerary - This was a great tour overall Anthony was a great guide and made sure that we saw Lions in Nakuru national park. We also got to see a baby rhino with its parents, and lots of other animals. I was particularly excited to see the flamingoes in the lake. The vehicle was comfortable and in good repair. It was nice to see the animals through the pop up roof. The restaurant we were brought to for lunch was in Naivasha (so there was no afternoon game drive in Nakuru). The restaurant was just okay. I lived in Kenya for several years and this food would not be up to par for Kenyans. The Ugali was very hard, and considering this meal would cost no more than USD 5 in a typical Kenyan Restaurant (and that is on the higher end), it costed over USD 15 which is just overpriced for what it was. The restaurant was full of tour guides taking tourists there for lunch, so there is clearly and agreement. The restaurant is taking advantage of the fact that tourists often do not know what Kenyan food is meant to taste like. I would recommend the tour company chooses somewhere else to bring their clients to. Unfortunately, the day that we went, there was not a good view of the great rift valley, but that is not the tour guide's fault. Also keep in mind that the itinerary posted is impossible to do. We got a morning pick up from our accommodation and a morning game drive in Nakuru, lunch in Naivasha with a boat ride to see hippos. Then were going to head back to Nairobi but on the way I asked about the great rift valley view point because it was on the schedule. we never got to see the Makalia Waterfalls as was mentioned on the itinerary and would not have seen the Great Rift Valley viewpoint if I had not specifically asked. This part was disappointing. I think they need to revise the "what to expect" section on the viator website to account for the reality of the traffic and travel time. Overall this was a good experience and I would recommend it to friends who want to see the great rift valley province on a day trip from Nairobi.
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Chandanie_a
Feb 27, 2023
Amazing experience - Watching a baby baboon riding on it's mother back then switching to nursing on her while she walks around and eat. It was my first time seeing pumbas. Watching the run around with their tails upwards looks funny 😁
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Zhuolinh
Dec 20, 2022
Good safari - I had a good chance to see a lot of animals. The driver and guide had a lot experience and even can speak some Chinese.
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Rita_h
Aug 22, 2023
Great experience - Both game drive at Nakuru and boat ride at Navashu were exceptional. Excellent birding at both places.
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C6214yjlisam
Aug 24, 2023
Double entry for just two hours of safari. - It's absurd that if a group arrives at 4.30pm and the park closes at 6.15pm you have to pay a double entry even if you spent just two hours the night before! This thing absolutely needs to be fixed! Our guide advised us against paying the entrance fee to just do the morning! The daily entrance must also be able to be divided into afternoon - morning... not just the whole day! There are those whose days are numbered on organized holidays!
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