CAMPS AND LODGES IN LAKE NAKURU / NAIVASHA.

LAKE NAKURU LODGE:

It’s situated in the South East of Lake Nakuru National Park just at the floors of the Great Rift Valley. The lodge is two hour drive from Nairobi on road though wonderful scenery or a 25 minute flight by charter plane to local airstrip.

The accommodation at Lake Nakuru can take up to 120 people in family rooms, cottages and suites.

Mutarakwa restaurant serving local and international cuisine, stylish Mama Nikki bar, modern conference and meeting facilities, outdoor swimming pool and laundry service.

The excellent cuisine includes outside catering and bush barbecue depending on how you would like to enjoy yourselves.

The Lodge also provides evening entertainment which includes traditional dancers, and bonfires

SAROVA LION HILL:

It is situated in the heart of the Great Rift Valley. The Lodge enjoys a panoramic view across the lake and is beautifully landscaped with natural foliage and a startling variety of flower gardens. Accommodation is in chalet type bedrooms each with private bathroom and small patio and all chalets face the lake. Other amenities include a swimming pool and sauna.

The aptly named Flamingo Restaurant has both indoor and outdoor dining areas where a wide variety of international and local cuisines are served. The restaurant is located on the ground floor overlooking the pool, lounge and the great expanse of the Rift Valley.

Sarova Lion Hill Lodge serves buffet breakfast and lunch. Dinner is Table d'hôte with a capacity of 200 people. The Rift Valley Bar provides the perfect place to enjoy a cool drink and watch the sun set over the Lake. For those who want to add a bit of spice to their dining, experience a Bush Breakfast or Lunch. Dinner is sometimes served outside within the Lodge premises. A sundowner drink with delicacies is served to guests on the viewing deck at the lodge or in the bush while they watch the golden afternoon a light change to the oranges and reds of an African sunset.

MERICA HOTEL:                                                                                                   

It is a new hotel in the region ideally situated for peace. Accommodation is in the specious double rooms with ensuite bathroom. The large American style Ranch House surrounded by beautiful gardens has become a have of peace for travel weary guests. An ideal spot for family outings, the Resort also offers a Swimming pool, tennis court and sauna.

The hotel has also increased its standard of facilities by introducing a leisure and health club. Some of the amenities include gym massage parlor, sauna, steam bath, Jacuzzi, a beauty parlor, aerobic etc.

GREAT RIFT VALLEY AND GOLF RESORT:                                                                                  

The lodge is perched on the side of Eburru Escarpment, overlooking the sparkling waters of Lake Naivasha and is just one and a half hour drive from Nairobi or thirty minutes flight. The lodge has the newest and the most stunning golf course for championships and so for the golf lovers this could be a nice gate away place for you.

Great Rift Valley Lodge also offers a freeform swimming pool amid tropical gardens, a gift shop with souvenirs and safari essentials, a reliable telephone, e-mail and Internet facilities.

The lodge can accommodate guests in 21 twin rooms and nine double rooms. The rooms have private balconies that contain large poster beds that are very luxurious furnishings. The rooms also contain in-suite bathrooms with modern facilities and interlinking rooms that convert into family rooms upon request.

Guests can enjoy game and bird walks with experienced naturalists, boating and sailing, fishing for Black Bass on Lake Naivasha, horse riding, adventurers club for young travelers and mountain biking on the grounds.

LAKE NAIVASHA SIMBA LODGE:                                                                                        This is a very modern lodge that was opened in 2003. Lake Naivasha Simba Lodge comprises of 70 double rooms all over looking Lake Naivasha.

Each room has in-suite facilities, a private balcony and an overhead fan. You can relax in the heated pool or play tennis.Nature and bird walks take place in the lake shore and the boat has 3 motor boats to use on the lake. The lodge has a fully equipped gym with latest equipments and massage is also provided.

LAKE NAIVASHA SOPA LODGE:                                                                                 Naivasha Sopa, the lodge with a dramatic back drop is situated on the shores of Lake Naivasha, second largest lake amongst the fresh lakes at the Great Rift Valley.

Activities that can be arranged within the vicinities are; horse riding, bird watching, fishing, watersports, cycling, lake trips and nature trails.

The continent of Africa is vast and so, Sopa lodge emphasize this fact with the spaciousness of its architecture. Each Sopa Lodge adds to your safari comfort by offering luxuriously appointed bedrooms, a swimming pool, conference facilities, shopping boutiques, nightly wildlife films and CNN programmes, opulent bar and lounge areas, a wide variety of traditional and continental cuisine, and the close and personal attention of our Sopa hospitality

CHUI LODGE:                                                                                                                 In the Great Rift Valley lies Kenya's Best Kept Secret "Chui Lodge”. The lodge, set in the privately owned Oserian Wildlife Game Sanctuary, is an exclusive and exquisite paradise, nestled in a grove of Euphorbia trees, overlooking a waterhole with the dramatic Mau Escarpment as a backdrop.

Chui is crafted from simple bush stone, local Acacia, Leleshwa and Olive woods with a beautiful twisted Marula roof. All the textiles in the Lodge are original batik artworks done on site, whose warm shades enhance the earthy colors of the ochre enriched walls. Magical bark cloth lampshades bathe the African antiques and fascinating carvings on the pillars in subtle light.

The five individual and well-spaced cottages are built in the same fashion as the main building. Each room is uniquely designed with en-suite bathrooms and a delightful veranda with its own view. The marble basin tops, roaring log fires, artistically decorated windows and magnificent four posters olive wood King sized beds ensure the essential touch of luxury. With only five rooms available, guests can expect to receive excellent service from staff and attention to detail like no other place ever visited

A short walk from the main building is the delightful swimming pool with great views of the waterhole and the Escarpment. Outstanding professionally trained chefs deliver an exquisite array of cuisine to suit all tastes.

Chui Lodge also offers other activities such as sundowners under a sky bursting with stars, Champagne breakfasts / lunches by the lake, bush picnics deep within the sanctuary, boating trips on Lake Naivasha, climbing, swimming, bird watching and trips to oserian Farm; the largest flower farm in the world.

CRATER LAKE:                                                                                                        The camp is built on the shores of green volcanic lake in the bottom of an old volcanic crater. It is one of the most romantic camp in Kenya. The camp is open for day visitors and casual meals.

The camp comprises eight double tents, and two permanent family bandas, all of which have bathrooms attached with hot and cold showers, toilets and changing rooms. There is also a Honeymoon suite which has a large bush pole bed and double Jacuzzi bath.

 All rooms look out over the lake, which for most of the year has Flamingos present. There is a fully stocked bar, dining room, verandah and a small conference banda. The camp has Sky television, and has full communications both telephone and email.

Activities at the camp are centered round nature and wildlife. There are guided nature walks in the Crater and night game drives in the Sanctuary.  

MALU FARM:                                                                                                            

 Nestled in an ancient cedar forest with sweeping views over the Great Rift Valley and Lake Naivasha, Malu offers a magical encounter with wildest Africa – just one and a half hours from the bustling city of Nairobi.

On the 1700 acre private estate, you’ll have the freedom to walk & ride through one of East Africa’s original highland forests, where zebra, buffalo & leopard roam.

Six elegantly furnished cottages with feather duvets, four poster beds, and warm fireplaces. One can choose a romantic private cottage or a large family villa, all with cedar encased tubs in en-suite bathrooms.

ELSAMERE:                                                                                                        Elsa mere was the former home of the late Joy Adamson who, together with her husband George, became world famous for their pioneering conservation work and relationship with the lioness Elsa, as told in her best selling book and subsequent film, BORN FREE

The centre provides accommodation for 16 people in cottages set in the gardens around the main house. Each cottage has a veranda and faces towards the lake. The rooms are bright and attractive and all have ensuite bathrooms. Guests may also choose to stay in the main house in the Joy Adamson bedroom, which has easy wheelchair access.

At Elsa mere, the day starts with a hot breakfast, lunch is buffet style with plenty of outdoor tables and chairs for alfresco dining. Dinner is hosted each night.

Elsamere does not have a bar facility. Guests are invited to bring their own alcohol.

Elsamere has a museum which contains a small collection of Joy's paintings and artifacts. Memorabilia from the film Born Free and a range of photos documenting Joy and George's work with wildlife are also on display. It also has a souvenir shop.

KIANGAZI HOUSE:                                                                                                     With panoramic views across the Great Rift Valley & the shimmering waters of Lake Naivasha lies Kiangazi House a 5 bedroom homestead with truly breathtaking views of unspoilt Africa. It is ironic that “Kiangazi” is the Swahili word meaning “hot and dry season”.

Below the House, guests can explore the lake shore with its masses of water birds as well as game drives.

Built in the old traditional style of local stone & timber, Kiangazi House has three double ensuite bedrooms within the main house & two further double ensuite bedrooms just beyond the swimming pool. Homestead amenities including a sitting room, dining room, bar & library is found within the house & guests can also play tennis or relax by the pool.

Cuisine, appetizing breakfasts & lunches are often taken outside in the lush gardens or on the expansive verandah. Sundowner and bush meals are also organized.

MALEWA RANCH HOUSE:                                                                                          The original ‘settler’ home was a simple one room, iron sheet house built on wooden stilts and still stands on the lawns of the Malewa Ranch House. Later a two bedroom stone house was built during the 1920’s. This old colonial farmhouse was part of the infamous ‘Happy Valley Set’ so richly talked about in early colonial dairies.

 Malewa Ranch House has been renovated with 5 very comfortable bedrooms and a very spacious veranda with ample room for dining and lounging.

Malewa Ranch House is a secret home, in a hidden valley that offers peace and tranquility and time for reading and relaxation. Alternatively it can also be the home of activities for game drives, walking with wildlife, nature walks, bird watching, fly-fishing, rock climbing and abseiling.

They offer this beautiful home on an all-inclusive basis, including 3 meals a day and all drinks (except champagne), served by our obliging staff.

Facilities: There are many activities available at Malewa and Kigio. Game and bird walks, horse riding, rock climbing, trout fishing, abseiling/repelling, team building and challenge course.