Naivasha

Kenya · Nakuru County

Lake Naivasha is a freshwater lake in Kenya, outside the town of Naivasha in Nakuru County, north west of Nairobi in the Great Rift Valley. The name derives from the local Maasai name ɛnaɨpɔ́sha , meaning "that which heaves," a common Maasai word for bodies of water large enough to have wave action when it is windy or stormy. Naivasha arose from a British attempt to pronounce the Maasai name. Literally, Lake Naivasha means "Lake Lake."

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Practical facts

Local time

UTC+3 · 9 h ahead of Costa Rica

Region

Nakuru County

On the map

0.72° S, 36.43° E

Near Naivasha

• Lake Nakuru National Park · 51 km away
• Narok · 75 km away
• Nairobi · 77 km away
• Nanyuki · 108 km away
• Mount Kenya National Park · 117 km away
• Maasai Mara National Reserve · 168 km away

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