Great Rift Valley, Nakuru, Kenya
Rift Valley Lakes Safari
Three soda lakes, four days, one vehicle and no fixed departure.
- 4 days · 3 nights
- 2–8 travellers
- Easy
- 5.0(2)
- Wildlife
Nakuru, Elmenteita and Naivasha in four unhurried days, with a walking safari on Crescent Island where there are no predators to keep you in the car.
We travel in a single long-wheelbase vehicle with a pop top, which means everyone gets a window and nobody is standing on a stranger's foot at the good moment. Mornings are early — the light is worth it and so is the animal behaviour. Afternoons are slow, and most days there is a two-hour gap where the honest thing to do is sleep.
Day by day
Out through the escarpment viewpoints and down onto the valley floor. Afternoon game drive along the lake shore, looking for white rhino on the southern grasslands.
Lake Nakuru tented camp
What is included
Included
- All park and conservancy fees
- Three nights' accommodation
- Private vehicle with a pop-top roof
- Driver-guide throughout
- Crescent Island walking safari
- Breakfast and dinner daily
Not included
- International flights
- Visas
- Lunches and drinks
- Travel insurance
- Tips
On the ground
Meeting point
Nairobi, Wilson Airport gate B (07:00) or your city hotel.
Travellers say
- George Mwangi
Took my parents, nobody was rushed
Early mornings, long lunches, and a walking safari my father could actually manage. The flexibility mattered — we moved our start by two days when a flight changed and it cost nothing.
- Amina K.
The empty afternoon was the best part
We booked ten days out and got the exact week we asked for. Every other operator wanted us to fit their departure. The guide read the lake like a book, and nobody was ever standing on anyone's foot in the vehicle.