HOLIDAY DESTINATIONS IN NAKURU KENYA

Located at the Rift Valley, Nakuru has various tourist attractions and is accessible by road from Nairobi, Nyeri, Kisumu, Eldoret. 

Hyrax Hill Prehistoric Site and Museum

Discovered by the Leakeys in 1926, the site is considered to be a major Neolithic and Iron age site. The Museum was established in 1965 and is housed in a former farmhouse ceded to the monument.

Attractions

The site has a nature trail and the museum displays local ecology, archaeology, ethnographic materials etc.

Location of Hyrax Hill Prehistoric Site and Museum

It is located 4.5km from Nakuru town along the Nairobi-Nakuru highway. It is 100m above Lake Nakuru.

Kariandusi Prehistoric Site and Museum

It was discovered by the Leakeys in 1928.

Attractions

The attractions include a nature trail, it has algae skeletons, tusks, and fossils excavated hand axes of the Stone Age period.

Location of Kariandusi Prehistoric Site and Museum

Kariandusi Prehistoric Site and Museum is located in Gilgil a short distance from the Nairobi-Nakuru highway.

Lake Nakuru National Park

Attractions

Attractions at Lake Nakuru National Park include Lake Nakuru which is an alkaline lake with wooded and bushy grasslands, wildlife such as white rhino, lions, leopards, giraffes, hyenas, buffalo, wildebeest as well as several species of birds including the flamingos.

There are also view points at Lake Nakuru such as the Lion Hill, out of Africa and Baboon cliff. The park has waterfalls also known as Malakia.

The Park can also be used as a camping site as it offers facilities such as Flamingo Hill tented camp and accommodation places including Lake Nakuru Lodge, Sarova Lion Hill Lodge etc. It has self catering options such as KWS Naishi House.

Location of Lake Nakuru National Park

It is located 4km from Nakuru town.

Lord Egerton Castle

Built by Lord Egerton in 1938, the Castle now belongs to Egerton University. It is a splendid splendid 52-room architectural masterpiece sitting on grounds spanning a

Attractions

The grounds are used for corporate functions and picnics, weddings etc.

Menengai Crater

Being a dormant volcano, small fumaroles and steam vents can regularly be observed within the forested caldera from above. Menengai is the world’s second largest surviving volcano crater covering 90sq km.

Attractions

The wood covered crater is a nature reserve ideal for camping, crater walks, hiking and bird watching.

Location of Menengai Crater

Menengai Crater is located 10km north of Nakuru and is accessible by foot or vehicle 8km from the main road to Nyahururu.

Olorgesailie Prehistoric Site

Attractions

The attractions include a nature trail, campsite and museum. The site has displays of pre-historic items including fossilized skeletons of extinct species of hippopotamus and elephants, hand axes etc.

Ol Donyo Eburru

It is the highest peak of Mount Eburru, this attraction is part of the Eburru ecosystem which spreads over Nakuru.

Attractions

Eburru forest is rich in flora and fauna, indigenous trees and a habitat to hundreds of birds. It also has wildlife which includes buffalos, waterbucks, gazelles, bushbucks, giraffes, leopards, baboons etc.