Cliff Boat Safaris

BIRDS OF
A FEATHER

A Safari By Boat

Wilder is the only operator offering boat safaris on Lake Nakuru, making Cliff Boat Safaris a truly exclusive experience. The boats launch from the shore in the early morning, gliding out across alkaline water that draws birdlife in numbers found almost nowhere else in Kenya. From the lake, the landscape opens out differently than it does on land. The cliffs rise above on one side, the park stretches out on the other, and the wildlife comes into view at the water's edge: hippos in the shallows, waterbuck along the banks, the occasional rhino moving through the acacia. Two departures are offered, one at sunrise and one mid-morning, each lasting around three hours.

Breakfast With Flamingos

Lake Nakuru holds the distinction of being Kenya's first national park listed as both an Important Bird Area and an Endemic Bird Area, with more than four hundred species recorded across the park and the surrounding wetlands. Flamingos are the headline draw, gathering along the shore in pink clusters, their colour coming from the algae that thrives in the warm alkaline water. Both species are found here: the greater flamingo, taller with a dark red beak, and the lesser flamingo, smaller and pinker, with a black beak. Pelicans gather in large numbers too, both the great white pelican and the smaller pink-backed pelican, moving across the water in loose flocks throughout the morning. Goliath herons, African fish eagles, pied kingfishers, and cormorants are all seen close to the boat as it moves through the morning. Breakfast is served onboard, a long, slow meal eaten on the water, with the birdlife of the lake all around.

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Masai Mara

Entim Main

Entim is Wilder's flagship camp, set within the Masai Mara Game Reserve on the banks of the Mara River with a direct view of one of the great migration crossing points. It is a traditional bush camp in the truest sense: open to the landscape, attentive to detail, and positioned for some of the finest game viewing in Kenya.

Masai Mara

Entim Private

Entim Private sits within the Masai Mara, set back from the Mara River along a natural spring and looking out across the open plains. A more luxurious counterpart to neighbouring Entim Main, the camp offers larger tents, a swimming pool, a spa, and a more spacious layout throughout.

Masai Mara

Ilkeliani

Ilkeliani sits on the banks of the Talek River, connected to the main reserve by a footbridge and bordered by game-rich plains that stretch out beyond the viewing decks. Tented suites are divided across two wings: Premier Suites and Family Suites in the East, Deluxe Suites and Family Suites in the West.