Lake Naivasha country club is a luxury country hotel located on the shores of Lake Naivasha and is the oldest hotel in Lake Naivasha dating back to 1930. Lake Naivasha Country Club is located on the opposite shore of Lake Naivasha from the town of Naivasha, Kenya, the Lake Naivasha country club is a popular hotel for wedding, conferences, workshops, meetings, seminars, team building, families and
honeymoon, built using old colonial architecture and opened in 1937, Lake Naivasha Country Club provides accommodation in rooms and cottages across 12 hectares (75 acres) of green lawns shaded by mature acacias and fever trees, The residents' lounge has a massive fireplace and large bay windows, The bar adjoins a billiards room, for playing billiards and snooker in the British tradition, Lake Naivasha Country Clubs is one of the first hotel companies to bring hospitality to Kenya, our long history going back into the early first half of the last century, when the palatial homestead at the shores of Lake Naivasha originally opened as a ‘guest house’ with only 3 rooms available for guests, those were the days of the ‘flying boats’ by British Imperial Airways, the predecessor of what became the famous BOAC before emerging as British Airways. These – for those days at least – giant aircraft took off from the Thames in London and then made their way across the Mediterranean Sea to Egypt, up the River Nile with a stop in Khartoum and on to Kenya, where they ‘landed’ at Kenya’s first international aviation entry point on Lake Naivasha, the trip which took several days to complete, had passengers then undertake an arduous journey from Naivasha to Nairobi, up the winding road of the Great African Rift Valley and the Lake Naivasha Hotel, now the Lake Naivasha Country Club, was swiftly becoming ‘THE’ place to take to before and after flights when Lake Naivasha country Club was opened as a result of Imperial Flying Boat Services between Durban to Dublin which was then called. This explains the vintage colonial architecture that forcefully dominates the accommodation units at the lodge; the hotel enjoys expansive hectares of land with spreading fever trees and old acacia trees providing a nice shade to lush green lawns. The Lake Naivasha country club has an amazing collection of cottages that offer a myriad of guest facilities including fine dining, swimming pools among many others, this hotel in Lake Naivasha is only an hour’s drive from the capital city Nairobi. The neighboring crescent island is a habitat for a variety of wildlife including gazelles, wildebeests, zebras and giraffes. You will see zebras and varied antelopes arriving to graze on the lush grasses and perchance a couple of hippos always emerge from the lake Naivasha for a nearby early morning or night snack. The Lake Naivasha Country Club is an ideal accommodation for you while on Kenya safari or just a family vacation, this 50-cottage hotel offers outstanding accommodation services, the en-suite rooms have varying bed sizes to cater for families and groups. The facilities and amenities at your disposal include a swimming pool, curio shop, Wi-Fi access, lounge and a pool bar. There are 33 standard units, which make the largest number of accommodation villas at this country club. They have elegant furnishings and African themed wall paintings. The interior decor turns the rooms into ambient, airy and comfortable spaces where you can unwind after a safari at Lake Naivasha. Mosquito netting forms a canopy over the beds. You have the option of non-smoking rooms, and facilities in this lodge are wheelchair accessible. There are 11 deluxe units with a spacious living area and sleeping quarters. They have a large king size bed. You also get a reading desk and an ironing board. Such facilities as well as a television and a DVD player are also available in the two executive chalets and in the executive suites. The presidential suite has two bedrooms. This hotel has sufficient facilities within, and adventurous places for you to visit around the Great Rift Valley. Spend your holiday here because apart from having spacious, secluded cottages to yourself, you also enjoy a quiet time with your family sitting on the porch to view nature. Lake Naivasha Country Club Hotel is the best location for your vacation because it is easily accessible from the Nairobi capital city and from other towns in the Great Rift Valley. It is a popular destination for corporate groups to make use of the excellent conference facilities. The rooms, housed in cottages, are wheelchair friendly and elderly or physically challenged; our guests will also find them comfortably accessible. Each of the rooms has a chargeable small bar and tea / coffee making supplies. Safe deposit lockers are provided for storing your valuables during your bush travels in this part of Kenya and the bathrooms come equipped with a hairdryer and scales. The rooms all face the lawns and kids can have fun playing on their family holiday under your watchful parental eyes. The lodge also has a trampoline that the kids absolutely love. You may allow them to go for a swim though it can get noisy around the pool for other guests who prefer a quieter accommodation ambience. Kids will enjoy the antics of the monkeys in the trees and will be delighted to see avian-life alighting in the wild garden. The Lake Naivasha Country hotel has two restaurants where your meals are served i.e. The Terrace and Flavours Restaurant. They also have two bars, the Tavern Bar that is next door to the billiards room and the Pool Bar that serves your drinks as you lounge beside the pool. Stop by at the Rolling Pin for hot drinks and confectionary or sample barbecued fare that is cooked to your taste in the open. The lodge sets up an open-air counter and you can savor your dinner on the lawn. Vegetarians will also find an adequate collection of dishes for them with prior notice. The lodge lawns end at the lakeshore where you can take boat rides to view flamingos, fish eagles, cormorants and pelicans around the lake. Hippos lie submerged in the swamps among the papyrus reeds with only their ears, eyes and snout showing while buffaloes might arrive for a cooling dip in the lake. But the highlight of your Lake Naivasha boat tour is the glorious sunset you can watch while sipping drinks aboard your vessel. Crescent Island is accessible with a fifteen minute boat ride from the lodge and you can explore the island on foot in the company of impalas, zebras, gazelles, giraffes, waterbucks and wildebeests. There are no predators here though treacherous buffalos and hippos are present. You can additionally bird-watch and wander around contentedly. Lake Naivasha and its surrounding locales have recorded an awesome 450 species of birds. You may also opt for strolls on the lodge grounds and spot the many-colored feathered inhabitants of Naivasha. Views across Lake Naivasha are dominated by the shadow of Mount Longonot, 2,777 m (9,111 ft), a dormant volcano which, in 1983, was declared a Kenyan national park (52 km²).
