Lake Naivasha Sights

  1. Crater Lake Game Sanctuary

    Surrounding a beautiful volcanic crater lake, on the western side of Lake Naivasha and north of the village of Kongoni, is the small Crater Lake Game Sanctuary, with many trails including one for hikers along the steep but diminutive crater rim. Besides the impressive 150 bird species recorded here, giraffes, zebras and other plains wildlife are also regular residents. While walking, remember that buffaloes lurk in the woods.

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  2. Crescent Island Wildlife Sanctuary

    The protruding rim of a collapsed volcanic crater forms this island on the eastern side of Lake Naivasha. It's now the private Crescent Island Wildlife Sanctuary, where you can walk beneath yellow barked acacias (known as yellow fever trees) in search of giraffes, Thomson's and Grant's gazelles, elands, waterbucks and countless bird species. Oh, and just to let you know, there are some rather gigantic pythons too!

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  3. Elsamere Conservation Centre

    A couple of kilometres past Fisherman's Camp on Moi South Lake Rd you'll find Elsamere Conservation Centre, the former home of the late Joy Adamson of Born Free fame. She bought the house in 1967 with a view to retiring here with her husband, George. Adamson did much of her writing from Elsamere right up until her murder in 1980.

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