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This lake was one of the biggest airports in Kenya

Lake Naivasha Country Club-then known as Sparks Hotel- was once the biggest airport hotel

Nairobians love dashing to Naivasha as an ideal holiday destination due to its proximity to the city and its many attractions, given that it is nestled around Lake Naivasha.

The town, with a name borrowed from the Maasai, nai’posha (meaning rough water), which the many odieros who settled there could not pronounce, brags of game sanctuaries (Soysambu), national parks (Hell’s Gate), craters and gorges.

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