Day Trips from Nairobi to Rift Valley Province

Ride a bike and hike through Hell’s Gate National Park on a full-day, private tour from Nairobi to the wildlife reserve and Lake Naivasha that includes entrance fees, bikes, and round trip-transport from Nairobi. This customizable tour offers the rare chance to see wildlife outside of a safari vehicle while exploring a scenic part of the Great Rift Valley. Transport and all park entrance fees are included in the package.

Enjoy a day of exciting animal spotting on Crescent Island, with your professional guide and transport from Nairobi. Enjoy a speed boat ride to the island and be met by local guides who will help you spot the abundance of wildlife.

An Ol Pejeta Conservancy day tour is a full-day wildlife safari from Nairobi to Ol Pejeta Conservancy, located in Laikipia County at the foothills of Mount Kenya. The trip usually starts early (around 5:00–6:00 AM) with a 3–4 hour drive north, followed by morning and midday game drives where you can see rhinos (including the last two northern white rhinos), lions, elephants, giraffes, buffalo, and chimpanzees at the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary. The tour typically includes park entry fees, game drives in a 4x4 vehicle with a professional guide, and sometimes lunch at a lodge inside the conservancy, before returning to Nairobi in the evening (around 6:00–7:00 PM).

Crescent Island, a game park in the middle of the lake with miles of walking trails and abundant wildlife. Follow your guide down miles of trails in search of dik-diks, gazelles, buffalo, and more other animals, you might hippos on your boat ride back to the mainland. Spend your day in the Island and you will enjoy. Crescent Island and the adjacent Lotus Island, home of a Yacht Club, form the rim of an extinct volcano protruding out of this Lake in the shadow of Mount Longonot, also an extinct volcano, close to Hell's Gate National Park.

Visit the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary and the largest black rhino conservancy in East Africa on a full-day tour from Nairobi that includes hotel pickup and drop-off, entrance fees, and an afternoon game drive through the Old Pejeta Conservancy. Learn about chimpanzee rescue and rehabilitation, spot Big Five game, then visit a replica of a traditional Kenyan homestead to learn about local culture

Enjoy a unique experience to see the Big Five in the wild in Amboseli National Park. Be amazed by elephants, lions and zebras roaming freely around their natural habitat. Learn about the incredible wildlife within the park from a guide on a full-day tour. Wow at the spectacle of Africa's highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro, towering over the park. Peer through your binoculars at over four hundred varieties of birds, from flamingoes to pelicans, as you enjoy the comfort of a customized tour van. Relax over lunch at one of the park lodges, before having the opportunity to visit a Maasai village. Snap memorable photos of buffalo, impala, and wildebeest en route.

Get an early start on the day with 6am pickup from your centrally-located Nairobi hotel, then begin the 3.5-hour drive to the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary, passing through a scenic landscape of coffee and tea estates. Make the first stop at the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary, a refuge for chimpanzees from around West and Central Africa. Learn about some of the 38 chimpanzees that live in the sanctuary’s natural enclosures, and see the primates as they approach a feeding platform. Continue into the Ol Pejeta Conservancy for a game drive across the open plains, which are home to a remarkable population of rare animals including wild dogs, zebras, cheetahs, and hartebeest, as well as the “Big Five”: lion, Cape buffalo, African elephant, leopard, and rhinoceros. Visit one of the lodges within the game sanctuary for lunch (own expense). After your meal, visit a rhino homestead and a manyatta, a reproduction of a traditional Kenyan homestead,

Enjoy a full-day tour from Nairobi with morning game drive in Lake Nakuru National Park and an optional afternoon boat ride at Lake Naivasha. See brilliant flocks of pink flamingoes, rhinos, lions, giraffe, buffalos, leopards, and hippos.

The hike takes 3-4 hours round-trip, with sweeping views of the national park available from the summit. At the end, you will be rewarded with a scenic view at the peak.

Get a peek at cheetahs, lions, zebras, elephants, and other iconic wildlife species—with the snowcapped peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro as your backdrop—during this private, full-day excursion to Amboseli National Park. Ride comfortably from Nairobi with your own personal driver and guide. Then, explore the park from a pop-up safari van during a half-day tour before setting back for your Nairobi hotel.

Cycle through Hell's Gate National Park, explore its high cliffs and gorges, spot native wildlife, and take an optional boat ride on Lake Naivasha with a guided day trip from Nairobi with hotel transfers.

Enjoy a unique experience to see the Big Five in the wild in Amboseli National Park. Be amazed by elephants, lions and zebras roaming freely around their natural habitat. Learn about the incredible wildlife within the park from a guide on a full-day tour. Wow at the spectacle of Africa's highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro, towering over the park. Peer through your binoculars at over four hundred varieties of birds, from flamingoes to pelicans, as you enjoy the comfort of a customized tour van. Relax over lunch at one of the park lodges, before having the opportunity to visit a Maasai village. Snap memorable photos of buffalo, impala, and wildebeest en route

Enjoy a day tour visiting Hell's Gate National Park, the only park where you can drive, walk and do some cycling within the Park then spice up your excursion with a boat ride in Lake Naivasha where you get a chance to spot the big hippos on the shores of the lake and different species of water bird.

Discover some of Kenya’s diverse cultures without leaving Nairobi on a full-day tour that includes a kazuri bead factory, Matbronze Wildlife Art, the Bomas of Kenya, and the Maasai Market. Traveling across the city with a local driver takes the hassle and stress out of exploring Nairobi, and you’ll get a great introduction to cultures from across the country, from art and artisans to traditional life.

This is a full safari experience squeezed to fit in one day. The destination is close enough to Nairobi, the capital city, yet far enough to afford you a full wilderness safari experience. You will travel through beautiful landscapes as you catch glimpses of countryside village life in Kenya.

This Experience is tailor made for you, the whole activity start by visiting Mt longonot for 6 hours hiking and later visit Lake Naivasha for 1 hour boat ride. We will also have time to pass by through the famous Great Rift Valley. Dont miss out this fun experience

Enjoy a full-day tour from Nairobi with morning game drive in Lake Nakuru National Park and an optional afternoon boat ride at Lake Naivasha. Lake Nakuru offers one of the most spectacular scenes worldwide – the vast flocks of flamingo feasting on the algae that thrive in the lake’s warm waters! Both lesser and greater flamingo can be spotted, distinguishable by their differing bills and plumage. As far as land mammals are concerned, Lake Nakuru has plentiful black and white rhino, in addition to such species as leopard, cheetah, giraffe and waterbuck. From Lake Naivasha, travellers need only take a boat ride Game as you see hippos and many more

Experience the country’s famous rural landscape on this full-day safari tour to Hell’s Gate National Park and Lake Naivasha. Zip around by bike to see zebras, gazelle, and more, then embark on a guided hike for a more intimate glimpse of the flora and fauna. Return transfer from your Nairobi hotel ensures a seamless trip, plus park fees and cycle hire comes included in the price.

Get a peek at cheetahs, lions, zebras, elephants, and other iconic wildlife species—with the snowcapped peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro as your backdrop—during this private, full-day excursion to Amboseli National Park. Ride comfortably from Nairobi with your own personal driver and guide. Then, explore the park from a pop-up safari van during a half-day tour before setting back for your Nairobi hotel.

Take a break from the hustle and bustle of Nairobi and discover the scenic landscape of Hell’s Gate National Park and Lake Naivasha on this private day tour, with convenient round-trip transfer from the capital. Get around the sprawling park easily with bike rentals included in the price and enjoy an intimate encounter with the wildlife and communities of rural Kenya as you explore with your experienced guide.

Open sandstone expanses await visitors to Hell’s Gate National Park from Nairobi. After hotel pickup, head to Hell’s Gate National Park for your choice of a safari drive or bike ride, followed by a hike, visit to Maasai community, and optional boat ride on Lake Naivasha. Tour concludes with drop-off at your Nairobi lodging.

Explore the stunning scenery of Kenya’s Great Rift Valley during this full-day adventure tour. Choose between a game drive in Hell’s Gate National Park or a rugged bike ride. Continue by foot to explore the park’s distinctive gorges and caves. Head to Lake Naivasha for an optional boat ride at an additional cost. Hotel pickup and drop-off in Nairobi are included.

Choose a private tour of Lake Nakuru National Park for morning and afternoon game drives across the floor of the Great Rift Valley, with the individualized service of a private safari guide throughout the day. Private transport from hotels in Nairobi means less time on the road, and even more time to watch for rhino, lion, giraffe, buffalo, leopard, and Lake Nakuru’s brilliant flocks of pink flamingoes.

Visit the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary and the largest black rhino conservancy in East Africa on a full-day tour from Nairobi that includes hotel pickup and drop-off, entrance fees, and an afternoon game drive through the Old Pejeta Conservancy. Learn about chimpanzee rescue and rehabilitation, spot Big Five game, then visit a replica of a traditional Kenyan homestead to learn about local culture