Looking for a Day Trip Naivasha or Hells Gate National Park from Nairobi or Want to tour Lake Naivasha? This is an ideal get away from your day’s work or city life. Hell's Gate National Park is a tiny park located between Lake Naivasha, Mt. Longonot and Suswa volcanoes. It is an ideal venue for a weekend retreat far from the urban life of Nairobi. Named for the intense geothermal activity within its boundaries, the Hell's Gate National Park is a remarkable quarter of the Great Rift Valley. Spectacular scenery including the towering cliffs, water-gouged gorges, stark rock towers, scrub clad volcanoes and belching plumes of geothermal steam make it one of the most atmospheric Parks in Africa. Hell’s Gate is an ideal venue for a day trip from Nairobi-walking and biking are allowed. It’s a home to wild animals including: bushbucks, dikdiks, gazelles, gnus, hartebeests, impalas, klipspringers, buffalo, zebras, baboons, and monkeys among others.