CHESTER HOTEL – NAKURU
Chester Hotel is a mid range accommodation found along the general karibu road in Nakuru County , 1 km south of Nakuru Town and 2 km north of the famous Lake Nakuru National park (the home of Flamingos ) Kenya. The Hotel is situated just 15 minutes’ drive from Lake Nakuru national park, 2 km from Nakuru Train station and it’s among the leading hotels in the Rift valley. The hotel is owned and managed by Kran group of Hotels that run beautiful Boutique hotels in different locations. you can be at the hotel by road transport which takes 2-3 hours’ drive from Nairobi City center on all-weather road then 45 minutes flight from Nairobi city to the close Nakuru Airstrip then 20 minutes to be transferred to the hotel.
Chester Hotel Nakuru contains over 72 beautiful and luxurious en suite rooms with the view of the park reflecting modern building style with tranquility and privacy. The hotel offers doubles, twin, single bed for individual and family rooming options in different category of deluxe, standard and superior rooms. Rooms are well decorated and furnished with high standard facilities of private en suite facilities of flushing toilets, hot and cold showers with bath tabs, mosquito nets, Air conditioning, satellites , fire extinguishers, Flat screen TVs , complementary bottled water, free toiletries, extinguisher to mention but few. Rooms have private balconies and rooftop sitting areas with comparable comfort; you relax while enjoying the stunning view of the city center, lake nakuru national park, rift valley escarpment and surrounding areas. All rooms are well equipped with excellent and comfortable king and queen beds with clean and washed beddings with ceiling funs . Room cost 200$ per night and above but its always high especially during High/peak season the rate goes slightly high than in Low season.
Chester hotel offers more services and facilities which include;
A restaurant with exceptional experience, A modern kitchen that serves fine 3 course cuisine both international and African- inspired meals that meets guests choice ; continental breakfast in the rooftop overlooking the rift valley ,lunch and dinner in the dining area. The hotel has well trained friendly, welcoming and organized staff and chef.
Taven Bar with shared lounge offering an ideal relaxation Haven with full range of Refreshments and savour refreshing beverages of local ,cocktail , wines, spirits and international beers that let the ambient evening permeates your senses as you relax on the vanity deck /rooftop and sip the cocktail .
A blue water swimming pool at the hotel that cools off the hot afternoon with comfortable chairs to relax in as you enjoys the breezes of the surrounding areas.
Services; Ample parking space are offered , airport pick -ups and drop-offs since the airstrip is close to the hotel , Laundry and ironing services are offered, Massage services are offered,
Internet ; WIFI available in the rooms that enables visitors to keep in touch with their families and friends. You can be able to enjoy all social media platform, surf the web with the internet at the hotel therefore you always connected while at the lodge.
Business centers; The hotel has your ideal venue for conference and meeting in Nakuru . The conference can accommodate over 50 people, for seminars, meeting places for corporate functions and business and honey moon packages
Activities include; boating at lake Nakuru , Bird watching especially flamingos , game viewing in Nakuru Park , board games like football playing at the lodge ,Bush dining , nature walks mention but few.
Lake Nakuru is situated in the southern part of Kenya and it is the rift valley soda lake covering 1,754 m above the sea level. The lake is shallow and surrounded by wooden and busy grass land and protected by Lake Nakuru National Park. The lodge is in Nakuru county on Nakuru- Nairobi highway. The park is small covering the total area of 188 kilo meters squared.
The park offers a variety number of animalslike; Impalas, antelopes, Buffaloes, wathrogs, waterbucks, white rhinos, Girraffes, Leopard, enlands, baboon, lions ,Zebra, Wild dogs etc and over 450 different bird species like; Flamingos , starling birds, White pelican etc. The park is famous for huge number of attracting flamingos and being the soda lake. There are several accommodations in lake Nakuru national park ; budget , mid-range and luxury accommodation which are all friendly and convenient to guests visiting lake Nakuru national park. There are different activities to do while in Lake Nakuru national park; Game viewing, you spot various animals in the park, boat cruise at lake Nakuru , hot air ballooning, bird watching/birding since the park contains more bird species, nature walks in the park, , flying safaris, cultural visit in the Community , visiting Makalia falls, horse riding in the park , Tree planting , and many more activities. Jan, Feb ,March -July ,September ,October and December and the best month to visit lake nakuru national park
