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Crescent Island is a private Wildlife Sanctuary located on the eastern side of Lake Naivasha. It features more animals per acre than any other park in Kenya, making it a must-visit destination for wildlife enthusiasts. Here you can enjoy fantastic and easy walks surrounded by various animals, including giraffes, zebras, Thompson's and Grant's gazelles, waterbucks, buffalos, and many bird species. It's also common to spot hippos bathing or basking in the sun close to the island's shores.

The Island is not fenced and the animals are free to roam to and from the mainland when water levels allow. This creates a unique opportunity for visitors to experience wildlife up close in their natural habitat. Crescent Island is a truly magical place that offers visitors a glimpse into the beauty and diversity of Kenya's wildlife.

It is accessible by boat from Camp Carnelleys jetty.

Named for the intense geothermal activity within its boundaries, the Hell's Gate National Park is a remarkable quarter of the Great Rift Valley. Spectacular scenery including the towering cliffs, water-gouged gorges, stark rock towers, scrub clad volcanoes and belching plumes of geothermal steam make it one of the most atmospheric Parks in Africa. Hell’s Gate is an ideal venue for a day trip from Nairobi where, in addition to the bio-diversity that includes raptors, visitors can enjoy mountain biking, rock climbing and a natural spa.

Wildlife:

African buffalo, zebra, eland, hartebeest, Thomson’s gazelle, and baboons are common. The park is also home to klipspringer, antelope and Chandler’s Mountain reedbuck.

Prolific birdlife – there are over 100 species of birds in the park, including vultures, Verreaux’s Eagles, augur buzzard and swifts.

Camp Carnelleys is located approximately 2 kilometers from the entrance at Elsa gate to Hell’s Gates National Park. Most people rent bicycles at the top entrance office at Camp Carnelleys and cycle directly to the park. Bicycles can also be rented at the park entrance.

Crater Lake game sanctuary is a small private sanctuary centered around a volcanic crater lake with spectacular green water. The Crater Lake game sanctuary attracts more flamingos because of the spectacular green water, and there is presence of the various game which are inhabited by the various forests and plains that are surrounded by the Crater Lake. The sanctuary is a tourism safari for every tourist and it is suitable to be explored on the foot as to come closer to every game present in the sanctuary.

Crater Lake game sanctuary is a Kenya birding safari destination with over 170 bird species including the Greater and Lesser flamingos, little grebes, cape teal and ruff’s, Great white pelican, whiskered tern, Maribou, Grey and black headed heron, African fish eagle, yellow-billed storks, pied avocets, Egyptian geese and among others in the sanctuary these can be viewed by the bird watchers on their safari to the crater lake game sanctuary in Lake Naivasha, the bird lovers can enjoy these various colorful and beautiful bird species in the sanctuary. Crater Lake game sanctuary has a variety of the mammal species in the sanctuary like the giraffes, zebras and many other plains wildlife.

Crater Lake is accessible by road or boat from Camp Carnelleys

Rising from the floor of the Great Rift Valley like a monolith is the extinct volcano of Mount Longonot. A unique feature is the thick forest that lies within the crater of the mountain. The crater rim also provides great scenic views across the beautiful Rift Valley all the way to Lake Naivasha. Major wildlife attractions at Mount Longonot include buffaloes, elands, lion, leopard, bushbucks, common zebra, giraffe and Grant’s gazelles.

The trust is made up of a team of people who are committed to raptor conservation and long-term welfare of raptors in an increasingly challenging environment. They work closely with Kenya wild-life service, the National museums of Kenya and many partners to secure viability of raptor populations in the wild in Kenya, and when requested, else-where in the world. Their raptor work in Kenya began from first receiving injured raptors in the 1960’s, as it was not possible to return some to the wild the collection grew and some bred. Those that were unable to return to the wild due to various injuries served an important and crucial role in bringing the public face to face with falcons, hawks, eagles and owls as can be seen here at the bird sanctuary.

This is located approximately 10 minutes walking distance from Camp Carnelleys.