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Day trip · from Nairobi

Hell's Gate & Lake Naivasha Day Trip

Cycle through a national park, then a boat among the hippo

  • Day trip

Hell's Gate is one of very few Kenyan parks you are allowed to explore on foot or by bicycle, because it has no big cats to speak of. You ride between red cliffs with zebra and giraffe alongside you, walk the gorge, and finish with a boat trip on Lake Naivasha.

Trip highlights

  • Cycling among zebra, giraffe, eland and buffalo — no vehicle between you and them
  • Fischer's Tower and the Ol Njorowa gorge, with hot springs in the rock
  • A boat trip on Lake Naivasha for hippo, pelican and fish eagle
  • An optional walk on Crescent Island among plains game
  • Geothermal steam vents and the Olkaria fields

Day by day

  1. Full day

    07:00 – 19:00

    Leave Nairobi early, over the escarpment and down to Naivasha. Bicycles are hired at the Hell's Gate gate and you ride the main valley track with a ranger, then walk down into the gorge. Lunch at Naivasha, an afternoon boat trip on the lake, and back to Nairobi by early evening.

    Meals
    Lunch

What’s included

  • Park or attraction entry fees
  • Transport in an air-conditioned safari vehicle
  • A professional English-speaking driver-guide
  • Pick-up and drop-off at your hotel
  • Bottled drinking water
  • Bicycle hire, ranger fee and the Naivasha boat trip
  • Lunch

Not included

  • Meals unless stated in the itinerary
  • Drinks and personal spending
  • Tips for your guide
  • Travel insurance

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