We used Pega Tours for our day-long safari to Lake Nakuru National Park and I would recommend them to anyone starting a safari in Nakuru. Pega Tours operate safaris in most of the main parks in Kenya and Tanzania, using matatu-style vans with pop-up roofs.…Read More

We used Pega Tours for our day-long safari to Lake Nakuru National Park and I would recommend them to anyone starting a safari in Nakuru.

Pega Tours operate safaris in most of the main parks in Kenya and Tanzania, using matatu-style vans with pop-up roofs. The vans were comfortable and practical and our drivers (Peter and Paul) were friendly, funny and very informative. The company office is just around the corner from the Hotel Le Rhino where we were staying.

You can get a very good deal as they are keen to haggle. We took two vans as there were 13 of us, and we paid about KSh650 (£6.50/$9.75) each for a 6-hour safari around the park and up to the Menengai Crater. This price does not include park fees, which can be a bit expensive for tourists as Lake Nakuru NP is run by the Kenya Wildlife Service. My experience of the KWS-run parks was that they were very difficult about park fees. It's frustrating because there are residents' and non-residents' fees. This means that non-Kenyans have to pay about $27 compared to the $6 that locals have to pay. There are also student prices for residents but not for non-residents.

The contact details for Pega Tours are as follows:

Pega Tours & Travel Agencies,
Pioneer Plaza Building,
Mburu Gichua Road,
1st Floor,
Door No. 7,
PO Box 897,
Nakuru

037 210379,
pega@africaonline.co.ke /
pega@cratornet.com

I am 76 years old and I was born and raised in Nakuru! I left when I was 22 and emigrated to Canada. When I see the pictures of Lake Nakuru and Menengai I still get 'homesick'! When I lived there everything was free and…Read More

I am 76 years old and I was born and raised in Nakuru! I left when I was 22 and emigrated to Canada. When I see the pictures of Lake Nakuru and Menengai I still get 'homesick'! When I lived there everything was free and the Lake would completely dry up in a drought and the soda would blow into the town leaving a white dust on all our furniture. The Flamingo would fly to Lakes Elmenteita and Baringo - a million of them. To all that take these lovely pictures of my old 'Home Town" thank you. things have changed - but not the Mountains, Lake or Animals. I still miss this Town that I grew up in.
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Our drive to Lake Nakuru from Amboseli took 7 hours .We travel via Nairobi . We aren’t entirely sure this is the normal route as we had to change vehicles here as well . The ride was hair-raising to say the least, especially from the…Read More

Our drive to Lake Nakuru from Amboseli took 7 hours .We travel via Nairobi . We aren’t entirely sure this is the normal route as we had to change vehicles here as well . The ride was hair-raising to say the least, especially from the Nairobi on part. No divided highways here and passing lanes are unheard of . Everyone just ducks out in a kind of "chicken game" and hopes nothing is coming the other way. Often there is a vehicle coming over the next hill, head on and miraculously they seem to squeeze by. I was quite relieved when we arrived. It was really too long a trip for a one night stay in Lake Nakuru. We realize we should have planned on two nights here.
Lake Nakuru is very low during this time of drought and we can see lots of soda on the shores where the water used to be leaving a white residue. Although the animals are suffering here too as a result of the drought they appear to be in better shape than those in Amboselli.
Hurrah!! We finally see Rhino . We see the first ones on our way to the lodge . They are so near!! It’s incredible!! In the Crater in Tanzania we had to use telescopic lens to catch a glimpse. They are quite plentiful here and we spends hours enjoying them . We are amazed at how gentle the huge and awkward looking mothers are with their young. Our guide tells us one of the tiny babies we see is only about a week old.
We see lots of animals here, including water bucks, Cape Buffalo, zebra, baboons and a different giraffe called the Masai Giraffe. They have a distinctive coloured pattern then to those we’ve seen up to now.
The Pink Flamingo here are spectacular and from a distance make the whole lake appear pink.
Looking back at our time here we regret not staying longer but at least we have our memories and numerous photos of beautiful Lake Nakuru.
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