One of the oldest campsites on Lake Naivasha: lawns under the acacias at the water’s edge, colobus monkeys in the trees, a fish eagle calling over the lake, and a bar where the campers meet at sundown.
From South Lake Road to the water
Nairobi, Naivasha, South Lake Road
Down into the Rift Valley past Mount Longonot to Naivasha town, then about 20 km along Moi South Lake Road. The camp puts it at an hour and a half from Nairobi; allow two.
Lawns under the acacias
The campsite runs down to the lake under tall acacias. Bring a tent or hire one, or take a banda or Kasuku Cottage. Colobus monkeys live in the trees, and fish eagles call from the drowned acacias in the water.
The Fisherman’s Bar
The bar and restaurant overlook the campground. Ugali, local steaks, a fry-up in the morning, pizza, and a cold Tusker or a honey dawa as the sun goes down.
Hippos on the shore
At dusk the hippos leave the lake to graze. An electric fence keeps them off the camping lawns. After dark, ask the staff before you walk down to the water.
Your own tent, a banda,
or the cottage.
Camping is charged per person. Bandas and Kasuku Cottage are charged per person on weeknights and as a whole at weekends. No rate includes meals: eat at the bar, or cook your own.
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Camping under the acacias
Pitch on the lawns by the lake with your own tent, or hire one. Hot showers and flush toilets. KSh 800 a person.
The Bandas
Rustic timber bandas with a toilet and hot shower inside, for two to five. Bed only.
Kasuku Cottage
Two bedrooms, a kitchen, a bathroom and a big veranda, a little apart from the campsite. Sleeps 6.
One of the lake’s oldest campsites
Fisherman’s was on the south shore long before the hotels and the greenhouses. The Daily Nation called it one of Naivasha’s earliest campsites, and in 2021 found it as busy as ever.
A bar people drive out for
Day visitors come for lunch and the view, campers for dinner and the evening. On Tripadvisor the restaurant has a listing of its own, apart from the campground.
Hippos on the other side of the fence
The camping lawns are fenced against hippos, which graze along the shore after dark. Guests write about watching them from the bar, and finding them near their tents at breakfast.
Bring a tent, or don’t
Tents, mattresses and blankets are for hire, the washrooms have hot showers and flush toilets, and firewood comes by the bundle. Turn up with a sleeping bag and you are set.
On the water, and around it
Boats go out from the camp’s own jetty, bikes are for hire for the ride into Hell’s Gate, and the camp arranges guides and transport to Longonot, Crater Lake and Crescent Island.
Dinner at the bar, then back to your fire.
“I enjoyed a pizza from the restaurant for dinner, and we sat around our campfire late into the night.”
Meals are paid as you go; no rate includes them. The kitchen serves breakfast and snacks through the day, Kenyan dishes and steaks, and will cater for a group if you call ahead.
Ask the concierge about the menu →“Camping with hippos!”
Before you come
Nairobi to South Lake Road, by car or by matatu
Hippos, the fence, and the walk back from the bar
Ugali, steaks, and a honey dawa at sundown
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