The lodge also overlooks Lake Nakuru and its surrounding National Park, one that is a paradise for bird watchers and wildlife lovers alike. Lake Nakuru National Park is mainly a wooded and bushy grassland with a wide ecological diversity and characteristic habitats that range from the lake waters to the escarpment and ridges.
The park lies in Central Kenya, 140km north-west of Nairobi, in Nakuru district of the Rift Valley Province. The ecosystem comprises of the lake, surrounded by mainly wooded and bushy grasslands. The park supports a wide ecological diversity with Flamingos (Greater and Lesser) and other water birds being the major attractions of the area. The ecosystem provides for about 56 different species of mammals including the white rhino and buffaloes and a variety of terrestrial birds numbering nearly 450 species.
COMMON VEGETATION
The vegetation is mainly wooded and bushy grassland with a wide ecological diversity and characteristic habitats that range from the lake waters to the escarpment and ridges.
The normally water-covered surface of the lake occupies about a third of the park. The lake water supports a dense bloom of the blue-green Cyanophyte Spirulina platensis from which it derives its colour and which is the major food source for the flamingo.
The lake is fringed by alkaline swamps with areas of sedge, Cyprus laevigatus and typha marsh along the river inflows and springs. The surrounding areas support a dry transitional savanna with lake margin grasslands of Sporobolus spicatus salt grass moving into grasslands of Hyparrhenia hirta and rhodes grass Chloris gayana in the lower areas.
More elevated areas have dry forest with Acacia xanthophloea, olive Olea hochstetteri and Croton dichogamus; Euphorbia candelabrum forest; and bushland dominated by the composites, Mulelechwa Tarchonanthus camphoratus and Psiadia arabica.
Rocky hillsides on the Parks eastern perimeter are covered with Tarchonanthys scrub and a magnificent Euphobia candelabrum forest.
Located on a range of hills that form the western limits of Africa’s Great Rift Valley, the lodge offers spectacular views over the vastness of Africa.
All rooms are equipped with a balcony offering clear views out over the lake.
Room Types
Unit Types
Standard Rooms
(60 ROOMS)
Double/Twin Room
Single Room
Triple Room
Quad Room - 2 Adults sharing with 2 Children below 16 years
Roads:
The park has a tarmac road connection with Nairobi, a distance of 156 km north west of Nairobi on the main A104 road. The most commonly used route into the park is via the main gate, 4 km from Nakuru Town Centre. It is also possible to enter the park from the main Nairobi Nakuru road at Lanet Gate. The Nderit Gate is used by people accessing the park from Masai Mara or Elementaita. It takes 2.5 hr drive from Nairobi to the Lodge.
Park Roads:
The park has an adequate and well serviced motorable roads that make most parts of the park accessible.
Park Gates:
The park has three gates, Main Gate and Lanet Gate that link the park with the Nairobi-Nakuru highway and the less used Nderit Gate.
By Air
The flying time from Nairobi to the tarmac, Naishi airstrip is about 40 minutes and 30 minutes from Wilson Airport
The lodge is 15 minutes drive from the park's private Airstrips (Naishi airstrip)
Clients are met at Naishi airstrip and driven to the lodge
The best time to visit Lake Nakuru National Park, the lodge inclusive is any time from June to March, avoiding the wettest months of April and May which may affect game drives.
Naivasha Airport is a small airport in Naivasha, Kenya. The airport has 2 runways: 36/18 and 18/36. The ICAO designator of this field is HKNV. Nearby other airfields are Airspray Naivasha Airfield, Crescent Island Naivasha Airport, Longonot Fair Airstrip, Barton's Naivasha Airport and Loldia Airport.