Great Rift Lakes Circuit – Nature, Birds & Springs

Pickup at 06:30 from your Nairobi hotel.

Drive toward Rift Valley with a 20-minute photo stop at Great Rift Valley Viewpoint – the view over 600-meter-dropping escarpments and distant glittering lakes is spectacular.

Continue to Lake Naivasha, midday arrival at Lake Naivasha Crescent Camp, check-in and lunch. Afternoon around 14:30 begins a boat safari across the lake: hippos surface beside the boat, pelicans glide over water surfaces, and fish eagles circle over hunting grounds.

Then walking safari on Crescent Island – on foot among giraffes, zebras, waterbucks, and wildebeests, without vehicle and without predators. Return to lodge, dinner and image review. Overnight, Lake Naivasha Crescent Camp.

Usiku mwema – Tutaonana kesho!

Breakfast at 06:30, check-out and drive toward Nakuru. Around 09:30 arrival at Menengai Crater – walk along crater rim with views over the twelve-kilometre-wide caldera, one of the world's largest.

Continue to Lake Bogoria National Reserve, arrival around 13:00 at Lake Bogoria Spa Resort, check-in and lunch. Afternoon exploration of geysers and hot springs – some geysers shoot up to ten meters high, water steams at over 90 degrees Celsius.

Along the lakeshore, watch for flamingos – during peak season July to November, up to two million Lesser Flamingos turn the lake pink. Dinner and optional bath in lodge's hot thermal pools under stars. Overnight, Lake Bogoria Spa Resort.

Usiku mwema – Tutaonana kesho!

Morning walk along Bogoria shore in soft light of rising sun (06:30–07:00). Breakfast at 07:30 and check-out around 08:30, short drive to Lake Baringo.

Arrival around 10:00 at Tumbili Cliff Lodge, check-in and lunch on terrace with panoramic lake views. Afternoon at leisure – relaxation by pool or birdwatching from terrace.

Around 15:30 boat trip on Lake Baringo – fish eagles circle over water and dive for prey, Nile monitors sun on rocks, hippos surface near the boat. Stop on a small island where bee-eater colonies nest in shore walls.

Return to lodge around 17:45, in time for sundowners on terrace. Dinner and blue hour over lake. Optional: Guided walk in Ruko Community Conservancy can be arranged for next morning before departure (06:30–07:30) or as replacement for afternoon boat trip.

Overnight Tumbili Cliff Lodge. Usiku mwema – Tutaonana kesho!

Sunrise breakfast on lodge terrace, check-out around 07:00. Drive toward Nakuru with short photo stop at Lake Elementaita Hot Spring – view over soda lake with pelican colonies and surrounding escarpments.

Lunch break in Nakuru around 12:00. Continue to Nairobi, afternoon, arrival around 15:30–16:00.

End of Great Rift Lakes Circuit.

Kwaheri! – See you soon! We look forward to welcoming you back to Jungle Roar Safaris soon. Until then, may the wild stay in your heart.

Note: Routes are optimized for drive times, lake access, and maximum nature experience time. Park fees and activities included in tour price.