Weddings & Special Events

We have hosted numerous weddings of all sizes at the resort, from small and intimate functions to those with over five hundred guests. In this respect we justifiably consider ourselves to be expert wedding organizers, and we leave no stone unturned in order to ensure total perfection for one of life’s most important of events.

In order to achieve this, it goes without saying that we will meticulously go through every single detail with you to include the following:

• The exact positioning of the wedding pavilion, and whatever tents, tables and bars that might be required for your subsequent reception party.
• All your flower arrangements and bouquets, and also your decorative requirements with their exact positioning should you wish us to provide and arrange these on your behalf
• Your snack, canapé and/or full meal menus
• The colours of the table cloths and napkins you would prefer.
• Your choice of cutlery, crockery and glassware
• All the drinks you wish to be provided at your bar outlets.
• The music of your choice whether it be a discotheque or a live band, and also the possible use of our public address system which you might require for the head table depending on the number of your guests.
• The decoration of any guest rooms you might require.

Conferences & Meetings

We can more than adequately provide your meeting or incentive group delegates with everything they might require to include PA systems; overhead projectors; LCDs; TV/Videos; flip charts; WiFi internet; writing materials and pens.

We also have designated outdoor areas for team building exercises and, when all is said and done, we can offer you the following, more relaxing events during the time your group stays with us.

• Bush breakfasts.
• Bush breakfasts with champagne.
• Bush lunches.
• Sundowners with bar snacks.
• Sundowners with canapés.
• Sundowners with canapés and an open bar.
• Bush bar-b-cue dinners during which a Maasai mock attack on the group can be arranged, with traditional Maasai dancing after the meal.
• Traditional Coastal buffet dinners.
• Africa Night dinners.
• Gala dinners.

The above are all arranged within the lodge grounds and, while the designated areas will be decorated according to the theme you choose.

Where We Are

Located on a range of hills that form the western limits of Africa’s Great Rift Valley, the lodge offers spectacular views over the vastness of Africa.

165kms from Nairobi on tarmac roads, and then 21kms of all-weather road through the National Park. The flying time from Nairobi to the tarmac, Naishi airstrip is about 40 minutes.

Lake Nakuru National Park

The park lies in Central Kenya, 140km north-west of Nairobi, in Nakuru district of the Rift Valley Province. The ecosystem comprises of the lake, surrounded by mainly wooded and bushy grasslands. The park supports a wide ecological diversity with Flamingos (Greater and Lesser) and other water birds being the major attractions of the area. The ecosystem provides for about 56 different species of mammals including the white rhino and buffaloes and a variety of terrestrial birds numbering nearly 450 species.

Common Vegetation

The vegetation is mainly wooded and bushy grassland with a wide ecological diversity and characteristic habitats that range from the lake waters to the escarpment and ridges.

The normally water-covered surface of the lake occupies about a third of the park. The lake water supports a dense bloom of the blue-green Cyanophyte Spirulina platensis from which it derives its colour and which is the major food source for the flamingo.

The lake is fringed by alkaline swamps with areas of sedge, Cyprus laevigatus and typha marsh along the river inflows and springs. The surrounding areas support a dry transitional savanna with lake margin grasslands of Sporobolus spicatus salt grass moving into grasslands of Hyparrhenia hirta and rhodes grass Chloris gayana in the lower areas.

More elevated areas have dry forest with Acacia xanthophloea, olive Olea hochstetteri and Croton dichogamus; Euphorbia candelabrum forest; and bushland dominated by the composites, Mulelechwa Tarchonanthus camphoratus and Psiadia arabica.

Rocky hillsides on the Parks eastern perimeter are covered with Tarchonanthys scrub and a magnificent Euphobia candelabrum forest.

Getting There

Roads:

The park has a tarmac road connection with Nairobi, a distance of 156 km north west of Nairobi on the main A104 road. The most commonly used route into the park is via the main gate, 4 km from Nakuru Town Centre. It is also possible to enter the park from the main Nairobi Nakuru road at Lanet Gate. The Nderit Gate is used by people accessing the park from Masai Mara or Elementaita.

Airstrips:

Naishi airstrip services the park.

Park Roads:

The park has an adequate and well serviced motorable roads that make most parts of the park accessible.

Park Gates:

The park has three gates, Main Gate and Lanet Gate that link the park with the Nairobi-Nakuru highway and the less used Nderit Gate.

60 rooms. Includes 2 wheelchair accessible rooms.

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Located on a range of hills that form the western limits of Africa’s Great Rift Valley, the lodge offers spectacular views over the vastness of Africa.

The lodge also overlooks Lake Nakuru and its surrounding National Park, one that is a paradise for bird watchers and wildlife lovers alike. Lake Nakuru National Park is mainly a wooded and bushy grassland with a wide ecological diversity and characteristic habitats that range from the lake waters to the escarpment and ridges.