Lake Bogoria National Reserve Day Tour

One Full-Day Trip to Lake Bogoria National Park to See Flamingos, Geysers, and Hot Springs.

This is A full-day tour to Lake Bogoria National Park from Nairobi, Naivasha, Nakuru, and Nairobi Airport.

Tour Schedule

05:00 Hours: Lake Bogoria National Reserve day trip departs from Nairobi with a pick up from your lodge by our driver guide and drives to Nakuru town.

07:30 Hours: Arrive in Nakuru town and have a stopover for breakfast and a washroom. Then proceed to the Lake Bogoria National Park reserve.

Lake Bogoria is a saline, alkaline lake that lies in a volcanic region in a half-graben basin south of Lake Baringo, Kenya, a little south of the equator. Lake Bogoria, like Lake Nakuru, Lake Elementaita, and Lake Magadi further south in the Rift Valley, and Lake Logipi to the north, is home at times to one of the world's largest populations of lesser flamingos.

The lake is a Ramsar site, and Lake Bogoria National Reserve has been a protected National Reserve since November 29, 1973. Lake Bogoria is shallow (about 10 m depth) and is about 34 km long by 3.5 km wide, with a drainage basin of 700 km2.

Local features include the Kesubo Swamp to the north and the Siracho Escarpment to the east, both within the National Reserve. The lake is also famous for geysers and hot springs along the bank of the lake and in the lake. In four locations around the lake, at least 10 geysers can be observed, which erupt up to 5 m high. Geyser activity is affected by the fluctuations of the lake level, which may inundate or expose some geysers.

10:00 Hours: Arrive at the Lake Bogoria National Reserve and proceed with a game drive along the lake edges to see the flamingos, the hot water geysers, and the hot springs.

Lake Bogoria National Reserve has a herd of the relatively uncommon Greater Kudu. Other large mammals include buffalo, zebra, cheetah, baboon, warthog, caracal, spotted hyena, impala, and dik-dik.

The Lake Bogoria National Reserve is alkaline, feeding blue-green algae, which in turn feed flamingoes. At times, the number of flamingoes feeding in the lake may be as high as two million.

Raptors such as tawny eagles prey on the flamingoes. In total, 135 species of birds have been recorded. They include little grebe, pratincole, swift, little bee-eater, cape wigeon, yellow-billed stork, African spoonbill, augur buzzard, gabar goshawk, water dikkop, great tit, starling, hornbill, and crombec.

13:00 Hours: Enjoy a picnic lunch on the shores of Lake Bogoria with a view of the Siracho escarpment to the east of the lake.

14:00 Hours: Drive through the Lake Bogoria National Reserve and exit for the drive back to Nairobi.

19:30 Hours: Arrive back in Nairobi and be dropped off at your hotel.

End of Lake Bogoria National Reserve Day Trip

The Tour includes:

Transport in a safari minivan with pop-up roof (Optional 4x4 Land Cruiser Jeep at US$50 extra per person, min of 2 pax)

Comprehensive 5hr tour at Lake Bogoria National Park

Breakfast at Nakuru town

Packed Sandwich Lunch (Optional Buffet Lunch at the lodge at US$25 extra pp)

Services of a professional driver-guide

Bottled Drinking water

Pick up and drop off at your hotel in Nairobi.

Park entrance fees for Lake Bogoria National Park

Exclusions:

Items of a personal nature

Any additional detours or packages added onto the above itinerary

Drinks and beverages other than the bottled water provided in our safari vehicle.

Tips to Drivers & guides