Reviews of Lake Naivasha Crescent Camp

We had food poisoning the first night and had to leave.

Environment

Lovely location by the water with access to Crescent Island

Next door loud music throughout the day destroys the peaceful surrounds

It's a tented camp on the shores of Lake Naivasha, relatively close to the town. A good location for a stopover between Lake Nakuru / the west and Masai Mara / Amboseli / the east. More affordable but also more simple than the upmarket lakeside resorts (Simba, Sopa, Enashipai, etc). Accommodation was in a huge tent, on a platform with a permanent bathroom attached, with two large double beds and a single bed, desk, small veranda etc. Quite comfortable, looking out over a central grassy area and the lake beyond it. Saw hippos grazing at night. Meals were fine.

The lakeshore is close to the Karagita public beach and mainly a launching sites for boat tours, not a place to sit quietly and enjoy the lake. There is a ticket office for boat tours in the grounds and a steady stream of visitors for such tours during the day.

The location is great for Hells gate and Naivasha lake. The room is very spacious and have a great lake view. The kitchen and restaurant staff are great, super friendly and attentive. They provided a hot water bottle at night to keep you warm, which greatly appreciated.

We travelled during the rain season so it can be very cold. The bathroom is pretty much like an ice room and it is very tricky to get the water to the right temperature from the shower. They also could have give each person a bottle of hot water rather than just 1. What worst for me is the staff in the late afternoon does not seem to care much what the guest said, but rather just do what they were trained to do. For both nights that we staying there, they came in around 6-7 pm to give you the hot water bottle and put down curtains and mosquito net. The first day I was in the room napping, but my husband sat at the balcony and he asked the staff just give him the hot water bottle and he will bring it in himself. The male staff acted surprised and keep pressing to get in the room, to the point where my husband jumped up from his chair to get the water from his hands and stopping him from going in. The second day, my husband was in the toilet while I was sitting in the room in my underwear (there are just the 2 of us) when the staff came. I told him to WAIT and I will get the door for him, but he walked straight in while I was trying to put my trousers on. I thought he would walk out immediately but nope. He didn't even stop and process to the bed to put down the water bottle ect and after I repeatedly asking him to please leave as I will do the rest myself and it's very inappropriate of him to walk in while I'm in my underwear he left. I also saw staff bringing big stick and stones to throw at waterbuck in the garden. Not sure what's their problem is but it's not very nice to see they screaming and hurting such gentle creatures. and I'm sure tourists would like to see them around too.

Not well kept - run down

the view of lake naivasha. How large my room was as well (I got a single deluxe room and it was lovely). The service was really good and friendly. There was a swimming pool as well as boat rides at a really fair price. IT WAS SO GOOOODDD!!

the fact that there were no phones in the room in case of an emergency.

The tent was luxury. I loved that the animals come up to 10' from the tent. Best food buffet I had while in Kenya.

Nothing it was all great.

Location, staff, overall nice camp, food was good too

Price simply out of rages, exorbitant for a camp that is a good camp but nothing neither glorious nor excellent, even less exceptional…

Staff was very friendly and accommodating, structured were well-maintained, but a little worn around the edges. These are predominantly tent-houses which provide a great safari feel but are rustic in their very nature! Fabrics, very clean and housekeeping offered hot water bottle for the night which was not needed. This and neighbouring sites have to battle with rising and encroaching lake levels since 2020 which already led some sites & buildings originally closer to the lake front to be abandoned to the water. Views and proximity to Crescent Island with in-house boats tours around the lake and island are ideal.

Bedlinen and towels were damp despite being early June. Barren wood floors, however, cold under feet in the morning and evening and a few rugs would not come amiss. Noise level from neighbouring were noticeable, but ceased around 10:00pm.

Breakfast was decent, several options available both continental and classical English. Lots of fruit. A variety of omelettes was also available.

The area around the camp is noisy especially during night and on Sunday morning. The lake shore is quite dirty at that location.