Lake Nakuru Lodge offers the sort of relaxation you have never experienced before and the surroundings are a sight too good to miss. For the visitor, this is Kenya at it’s very best and the memories will linger for a life time.
Situated in the south east ecological niche of the Lake Nakuru National Park.The Lake Nakuru Lodge, an oasis of comfort and excellent service, with commanding views of the Lesser Flamingo dotted with the Greater Flamingo, for which Lake Nakuru is justly famous.
It is another world for the visitor, one where a person easily forgets the hustle and bustle of the city. The lodge blends well with it’s surroundings and the animals often browse peacefully close to the lodge and environs, much to the fascination of the visitors.
There is accommodation for 120 people, either in family rooms, cottages, or suites. The service is unmatched anywhere in Kenya, a country renowned for hospitality. Above all, the staff are friendly and competent. There is excellent cuisine which includes Outside catering, Bush Barbecue, African night and Sundowner.
Activities available include, horse-back safari excursions, game drives, bird watching and plant identification. After a day’s game watching, the spacious, logged Mama Nikki Bar and the cool, Upstairs Rhino Paddock Cocktail Bar, overlooking the Lake and the enticing blue swimming pool can be particularly inviting.
Evening entertainment and slide shows for guests are interesting and varied. In the park, the sites seem like a Walt Disney Fantasy. The Baboon Cliff lookout sits next to Honeymoon Hill. The Acacia and Euphorbia Forests are havens for the animals during the heat of the day. Cormorant Corner is well named, as is Pelican Point. The Hippo Pool at the Baharini springs is a favorite spot for picnics.
In the centre of the park, never out of view, sits the glittering 40 sq. Km lake with it’s large population of Lesser and Greater Flamingos and the Pelicans which, in their own right, attract visitors from all over the world.
The Lake Nakuru Lodge is situated in a wonderland which lies in the heart of one of Kenya’s most densely animal populated wetland National Parks (Ramsar Site), only two hours leisurely drive – on first class roads – from Nairobi, through some of the most exciting scenery to be seen anywhere in Africa. The 156 Km Nairobi-Nakuru road gives the visitor an unrivalled view of the majestic Great Rift Valley, winding through a series of Lakes and forested uplands all the way to the bustling market town of Nakuru. The views are equally impressive for the visitor who uses a charter aircraft for the 25 minute flight to the Lake Nakuru National Park airstrip situated at the Southern side of the park at the Rhino Sanctuary Headquarters – Naishi.
On the outskirts of Nakuru lies a truly remarkable National Park which has achieved international fame as an animal sanctuary. Both Black and White Rhinos are being given a new lease on life in this 188 square Km, fully electrically fenced park and they are carefully protected. The present Rhino population is fifty three and continues to multiply. The Rothschilds giraffe is another unique animal and the park has it’s fair share of the Buffalo, Leopard, Wild dog, Zebra, Eland, Waterbuck and the territorial Lion.