HELLS GATE NATIONAL PARK

HELL'S GATE :

Hell's Gate National Park is a tiny park located between Naivasha Lake and Longonot and Suswa volcanoes and it is an ideal venue for a weekend retreat far from the urban life of Nairobi.
The park provides a variety of wildlife, unusual flora and many species of birds and is one of the two only kenyan parks where climbing, walking and biking are allowed. Covered by ashes from the Longonot eruption which occured 100 years ago, the park is famous for its geothermal station, Lower Gorge and spectacular sceneries (cliffs, volcanoes, gorges, geothermal steam).

Also, the park has very good and well equipped camping sites and there is a large choice of accommodation around Naivasha lake which is popular for watersports, bird and game viewing in private ranches and walks at Crescent Island, Crater Lake and Mt Longonot.

How to go there :

There are two roads to go to Naivasha, the "truck" road which go down along the escarpment and continue towards Narok, or the A104 Uplands road which continue towards Nakuru. The first one is much shorter (20 km) but the final part (after Maai Mahiu town) has lots of potholes. The second road is in very good state and much faster.

Distance Nairobi-Naivasha : 90 km