| The wonders of Lake Nakuru safari park | | | | on the shores of Lake Nakuru. The woodlands have |
| Lake Nakuru National Park is most famous for its | | | | been restocked and successfully bred both white and |
| stunning flocks of lesser flamingo, which led to its | | | | black rhino populations. The black rhino populations |
| protection as a park. The flamingos populations are | | | | had been decimated by poaching and only 2 animals |
| so massive they turn the edges of the lake pink. The | | | | remained in 1987. |
| park, thanks to the lake also has a very rich birdlife | | | | A rhino sanctuary was introduced in the park and a |
| and is a stating point for upcoming ornithologists, | | | | breeding herd introduced from Laikipia. This has led to |
| scientists and wildlife-film makers. | | | | the lake Nakuru national park to be among the top |
| The Nakuru lake vacation park includes a range of | | | | breeding Kenya animal park for the black and white |
| wooded and bush grassland surrounding the lake and | | | | rhinos. |
| offering a wide ecological variety, from lake water, | | | | Wildlife viewing in Nakuru national park is relatively |
| woodland to rocky escarpments and ridges. | | | | easy and one is able to see buffalo, leopard, lion, |
| Facts on Lake Nakuru National Park | | | | Rothschild's giraffe, white and black colobus monkey. |
| Lake Nakuru National Park is located at an altitude of | | | | The woodlands offer eland, steinbok, impala, |
| 4,000-5,767 ft and covers an area of 188sqkm. Lake | | | | Chandler's Reedbuck and dik dik, whilst rock hyrax |
| Nakuru is a distance of 157 km from Nairobi Kenya. It | | | | and klipspringer occupy the cliffs and escarpment. |
| has a Naishi airstrip. The Kenyan Lake Park opened its | | | | Lake Nakuru Accommodation, lodges, campsites, |
| doors in June 1968 to protect the lake and its | | | | guest houses and bandas |
| beneficiary bird and animal life. The Saline lake Nakuru | | | | Accommodation in Nakuru national park include two |
| national park hosts over 400 bird species including | | | | lodges namely the Lake Nakuru lodge and the Sarova |
| both aquatic and terrestrial birds. | | | | Lion Hill lodge with a total bed capacity of 244. There |
| The lake with a pink Ribbon | | | | is a KWS guest house, five campsites, self-help |
| Flamingos alone number over 1 million birds in any | | | | bandas and two picnic sites; the Makalia Falls and |
| given time of the year. Game viewing in Nakuru lake | | | | Njoro River Mouth (Near the main gate). |
| Vacation Park is plentiful and easy. Animals to be | | | | Getting there |
| found in the park include ;leopard, White Rhino, Black | | | | There is an airstrip at the Lake Nakuru Park which |
| Rhino, African savannah lion, Buffaloes, gazelles, | | | | gets scheduled and chartered flights from Wilson |
| hyenas, antelopes, giraffes among other Kenya plains | | | | airport in Nairobi. |
| game. | | | | The park is however well served with a good |
| Lake Nakuru National Park has a very picturesque | | | | Nairobi-Nakuru highway and is only 2 hours by road. In |
| landscape consisting of Yellow fever trees (Acacia) | | | | addition, one is able to make stops at the various |
| and the endemic Euphorbia Candelabrum. | | | | view points with awesome panoramic views into the |
| Wildlife of Lake Nakuru National Park | | | | floor of the Great Rift Valley. By all means using the |
| Other notable game in the lake park includes the | | | | road is more rewarding when visiting Nakuru National |
| hippo and clawless otters. There are plentiful of | | | | Park. |
| waterbucks and Bohor's reedbuck and zebra roaming | | | | |