3 days
Walk Beyond the Map
Beyond the Rift Trail
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Rift Valley & highlands
Nakuru County
All year
Lake Naivasha
Boat rides, hippos and a slow Rift Valley afternoon.
The place
Why go.
Lake Naivasha is a freshwater lake in the Rift Valley, edged with papyrus and farmland. Boat trips bring hippos, fish eagles and water birds close, while Crescent Island and the surrounding shoreline offer gentle walks. It is also our home base, which makes it a natural first or last stop on a Kenyan journey.
- Best time
- All year
- Suggested stay
- 1–2 days
- Region
- Nakuru County
- On the map
- Yes
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