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Lake Naivasha Wildlife Safari: Birds, Biking, and Boating
4.9
35 Ratings
Naivasha
Explore Hell’s Gate, Lake Naivasha, and Crescent Island. Enjoy bird watching, biking, hiking, boat rides, and wildlife encounters. Perfect for adventure seekers and nature lovers.
Explore Hell’s Gate, Lake Naivasha, and Crescent Island. Enjoy bird watching, biking, hiking, boat rides, and wildlife encounters. Perfect for adventure seekers and nature lovers.
Duration:
10 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Hell’s Gate National Park - Morning pick-up at 7.00 am from your Nairobi area hotel or residence and commence the drive to Hell’s Gate National Park with stops at the scenic Rift valley view point. Arrive at around 9 30am and start of the biking tour for 2 hours. Hell’s Gate is one of Kenya’s smaller national parks, which can be explored on foot….
- Hell’s Gate National Park - Morning pick-up at 7.00 am from your Nairobi area hotel or residence and commence the drive to Hell’s Gate National Park with stops at the scenic Rift valley view point. Arrive at around 9 30am and start of the biking tour for 2 hours. Hell’s Gate is one of Kenya’s smaller national parks, which can be explored on foot. This is followed by a bicycle ride amid gracefully grazing gazelles, larger antelopes, Zebras and Giraffe is a delightful experience.
Drive to Naivasha Marina Camp for lunch at 1 pm (own expenses)
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Crescent Island Game Sanctuary - At 2 pm, take a boat-ride at Lake Naivasha to crescent Island Sanctuary for a unique walk with wildlife.
The sanctuary is home for giraffes, water-bucks, elands, wildebeests, zebras, impalas and hippos among other wildlife one is likely to find at the conservancy. Birds include the fish eagles, ospreys, lily-trotters and many more
Later at 5 pm, depart for Nairobi. You will be dropped off at you hotel/ area of residence.
What's Included
- Hotel pick up and drop off
- Lake Naivasha boat fee
- Hells Gate guide
- Hells Gate entry fees
- Crescent Island entry fees
- Bicycle renting charges
- Hotel pick up and drop off
- Lake Naivasha boat fee
- Hells Gate guide
- Hells Gate entry fees
- Crescent Island entry fees
- Bicycle renting charges
What's Not Included
- Lunch(available for purchase)
- Water (only reusable bottled water are allowed)
- Lunch(available for purchase)
- Water (only reusable bottled water are allowed)
Additional Information
This is an excursion focusing on bird life, walking safari on Crescent Island, adventure activities, boat excursion, biking and hiking and small game viewing. Hell’s gate is one of the world’s park where you can walk and ride bicycle while watching animals. While in lake Naivasha boat ride our captain will explain to you different bird species and you…
This is an excursion focusing on bird life, walking safari on Crescent Island, adventure activities, boat excursion, biking and hiking and small game viewing. Hell’s gate is one of the world’s park where you can walk and ride bicycle while watching animals. While in lake Naivasha boat ride our captain will explain to you different bird species and you will see hippos. Get up close with wildlife and be on the lookout for the park’s amazing species.
Location
Hell's Gate National Park
Lake Road South, South of Lake Naivasha
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
(35 Ratings)
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Sightseer26126202979
Sep 5, 2025
Beautiful Scenery, Unforgettable Experience - Our family of four (parents and two kids) are greatly satisfied to have booked this trip. Jane Kale was our driver and main guide: her peaceful demeanor and insightful explanations made our trip pleasant. We were picked up timely in the morning at the hotel in Nairobi and dropped off safely at the end of the day; the scenery on the two-hour trip from Nairobi to Naivasha was magnificent (vast, expansive landscapes); our guide let us make a few stops on the way to take pictures and get souvenirs. The highlight of our trip was definitely the bike ride in Hell's Gate Park: absolutely beautiful and breathtaking mountains and rocks, and several animals (giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, etc.)! We enjoyed great food at the local restaurant recommended by Jane (do order a mixed grill, you'll enjoy it!). The boat trip was also nice: we got to see the "ugly five" on leaf-bare trees (movie-like scenery), hippos resting (much fun!), as well as giraffes, zebras, and other interesting sights on Crescent Island (I do wish the boats were bigger, but the canoes were safely driven to and back from the island). Overall, it was an unforgettable experience and we are grateful for the beauty of Kenya!
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Dreamstakingwings
Sep 2, 2025
Memorable day trip - David our driver picked us right on time and also gave lots of information about Kenya on the way.
We loved the landscape of Hells gate and had a wondeful hike to gorge with our guide Innocent. Then we had a boat ride in Lake Naivasha and ended our day with walking safari on Crescent Island. We saw Giraffe, Zebra, Hippos and Ostrich. It was a very memorable day and definitely worth the visit.
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Wander51796730067
Aug 26, 2025
A trip out of Nairobi well worth the traffic! - A really special day out of Nairobi with driver Patrik. We headed to Hell’s Gate and did the cycling trip with Innocent as our guide. He was so knowledgeable and gave us lots of tips on the wildlife and geography. Then onto Naivasha and Crescent Island which was brilliant…highlights included watching a fish eagle swoop for fish. It was a fabulous day … and worth the crazy bonkers traffic and obligatory stop for curios! Patrick is just delightful - you will be safe in his hands
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Andreim7896cb
Aug 22, 2025
Brilliant tour guides and wildlife - Isaac and Lewenei were both brilliant guides. They were incredibly knowledgeable and kind throughout. We really enjoyed seeing all the wildlife and the cycle through Hell's Gate. Would definitely recommend them
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Jinacha123
Aug 17, 2025
Perfect day tour with driver David - This day tour included the places that I wanted to visit desperately. I was so happy to find out this day tour on their website and the driver 'David' took me to tour sites without any hesitation or confusion. He was very kind and tried to take care about me a lot, which was absolutely thankful for me. I highly recommend that every tourist who visit Kenya should experience this journey which was perfect for adventurous travelers who love both exciting things and peaceful atmosphere.
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757letician
Aug 13, 2025
Great day and good company - Got picked up on time by my driver, Nuru. He was very nice and good at explaining where we were at. We stopped at the Great Rift and enjoyed the lookout. From there we headed to hells gate. I decided to take the bike ride. When I got back from the 16 kilometer bike ride, I was able to relaxe abd we headed to lake navisha for my boat ride. After the ride, we enjoyed lunch and talked about the day. I was back at my hotel in a timely manner. I would recommend this company and Nuru as a driver.
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299ii
Aug 10, 2025
Excellent excursion - Unforgettable excursion. We've seen too many animals all over the spot. Especially the sailing on the island was exceptional, we saw the animals from very close to their natural environment. Our guide Jafar was excellent, did his best to have a nice time, explained everything to us while he was very happy as if we were a party. Our guide David was very kind, grateful, drove carefully and took us and brought us safely. Good for both of you!
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Chelseadaniels1114
Jun 28, 2025
Do this tour and ask for David! - This was an incredible tour, in no small part thanks to our amazing guide and driver, David. He picked us up from our hotel and drove us to Hell’s Gate, where we did a breathtaking bike ride and hike through Hell’s Gate. After that, we had a delicious lunch, then a boat ride on Lake Naivasha, followed by a guided walk of Crescent Island with David. It was an amazing way to spend a day. Thank you, David!!
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Richardkf7732sd
Jun 22, 2025
Amazing experience that’s different from a safari cae - Joash did a great job navigating to get to the Hell’s Gate and Lake Naivasha. They are amazing places to visit- I’ve visited the Nairobi National Park, but there is something so different about being able to bike and get close to those animals rather than behind the glasses and metals in a car. Lake Naivasha is so unique and interesting as well- and I’m not a bird person but learned to appreciate them there! Would come back with my kids when they’re older.
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Phillipwr9708ke
May 18, 2025
Good Day Trip - The driver Joash was amazing. He had a save driving style and a happy attitude which made the car rides very nice! All parts of the Tour were very interesting and the tourguides very good. I would especially recommended Crescent Island as we lernt alot there.
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