Crescent Island Conservancy is located in Lake Naivasha, the second largest fresh lake in Kenya which is approximately 100 kilometers from Nairobi and 2 hours’ drive away. On this tour, you will enjoy a Fantastic Experience on a boat ride on the calm waters of Lake Naivasha and a foot safari on Crescent Island game conservancy
Itinerary
You will be picked at a central place in Nairobi city Centre and drive down to Naivasha. Along the way you make a stopover at viewpoint to enjoy the views of the Great Rift Valley Escarpments.
Once you arrive, you will proceed for a foot walk on the island. The terrain is flat, making it easy for walkers of all abilities to enjoy themselves. There is a lot of easy to see games like Giraffes, waterbucks, Elands, wildbeasts, Zebras and Impalas.
Crescent Island was created in 1988, when Lake Naivasha dropped sufficiently to allow Crescent Island become part of the mainland. On the Eastern end of the island, sailing is possible at a private boating club.The Island is also a heaven for birds with over 200 species. The lake has alot of hippos, which you can easily spot from the island. Among the resident birds are fish eagle, ospreys, lilly-trotters, blake crakes and variety of herons. A number of mammals can be seen grazing in the surrounding lake environs, such as zebras, impala, buffalo, giraffe, kongoni and at night hippos.
After the walk, we proceed for lunch at one of the lodges located on the shores of Lake Naivasha.Immediately after lunch, we take 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 shore in good time for your trip back to Nairobi. In Nairobi, you will be dropped at a central location at the city Centre.
