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Day Tour To Lake Nakuru Park: Witness Wild Bird Populations and Flamingos
4.9
85 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
4.9
(85 Ratings)
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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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P9917xngabrield
Dec 15, 2024
Amazing Nakuru experience - Visiting Lake Nakuru was an unforgettable experience, made even more special by our exceptional driver and guide, Festus Kazungu. From start to finish, Festus’s kindness, professionalism, and deep knowledge of the area made the tour truly remarkable. He had an incredible eye for spotting wildlife, ensuring we didn’t miss the rhinos, flamingos, and other breathtaking sights around the lake, all while sharing fascinating stories about the region’s history and nature. Festus went above and beyond to make us feel comfortable and engaged, always positioning the vehicle perfectly for photos and treating us more like friends than tourists. If you’re planning a trip to Lake Nakuru, having Festus as your guide will take your experience to the next level!
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E7274amoliviam
Dec 12, 2024
Lakes Nakuru and Naivasha - We had an amazing experience on this tour. We got to see so many animals in the park. Most I've ever seen! Our tour guide Festus Kazungu was fantastic! Extremely knowledgeable but also extremely great at spotting the animals. It was a lovely time! Highly recommend this tour and guide.
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Olivia_m
Dec 12, 2024
Lakes Nakuru and Naivasha - I loved seeing all the animals! It was such a great time. Festus Kazungu was our tour guide and he was extremely knowledgeable about the park and animals. He was also very kind and warm. He absolutely made the tour!
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Nils_m
Dec 2, 2024
Amazing safari with the friendliest guide - I was concerned at first booking a trip all day with a stranger as my guide. But Festus Kazungu made me feel welcome and comfortable from the moment I met him. We was very knowledgeable about the area and quickly picked up on what I was interested. I cannot recommend this tour and Festus highly enough! We saw everything, lions, hyenas, rhinos, fish eagles, flamingos, baboons, buffalo, giraffes.
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Themariaw
Oct 19, 2024
Wonderful! Thank you, Festus 🙏🏼 - I had a wonderful and very full day with the best guide I’ve had the pleasure of touring with while in Kenya. Festus is very knowledgeable and enthusiastic about wildlife and this makes a world of difference for wildlife tours. I also very much appreciated his kindness (he offered to take photos of me with beautiful scenery behind me) and upmost professionalism. The next time I visit Kenya, I will absolutely make sure to take another tour with Festus!
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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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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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