Summary
This 2 days/1night tourthat take you to Hell's Gate National Park commonly referred to as a Walk on the Wild Side and the famous Lake Nakuru Lodge also known as a Rhino sanctuary.
Itinerary
You will be picked at around 0700 hrs. and begin with a drive north towards Lake Naivasha. Along the way you make a stopover for a breath taking views of the Great Rift Valley Escarpments. You will then proceed towards the lake town.
The Hell's Gate National Park is a remarkable quarter of the Great Rift Valley. Spectacular scenery including the towering cliffs, water-gouged gorges, stark rock towers, scrub clad volcanoes and belching plumes of geothermal steam make it one of the most atmospheric Parks in Africa.
On arrival you will begin your hike within the park and can participate in many other activities including biking, the natural spa, and mountain climbing.
You will break for lunch at a restaurant where you will have an opportunity to sample regional cuisine and engage with the locals. Later you will drive to the shores for a boat ride of Lake Naivasha. This is a beautiful freshwater lake, fringed by thick papyrus is almost 13kms across, but its waters are shallow with an average depth of five meters. The waters of the lake draw a great range of the shores.
You will return to the lodge in good time for dinner and have the rest of the evening at leisure.
On this day, you will have an early morning breakfast then depart from Naivasha and drive all the way to Lake Nakuru National Park. You are expected to arrive on time and proceed direct for a game drive within the park.
Lake Nakuru is known as an ornithological paradise by bird-watchers because the lake is world famous as the location of the greatest bird spectacle on earth which boasts anywhere between one and two million lesser and greater pink flamingos that feed on the abundant algae thriving in the lakes warm waters. Other than the Lake itself, the park is also world famous as a sanctuary for both black and white rhino. Besides the flamingos there are more than 400 species of birds that can be seen in the park. The other attraction is, in the large dense woodland is inhabited by pythons that can often be seen crossing the roads or dangling from trees.
You will break for lunch and later proceed for another short game drive as you drive out of the park. You will then embark on your 2 hour drive trip back to Nairobi.
