Lake Nakuru National Park Location and Description
Lake Nakuru National Park is situated approximately 164 kilometres from Nairobi, a two hours drive from Nairobi city. Twenty seven percent (27%) of the park is composed of the Lake Nakuru waters. The lake is 2km north of Nakuru town
Lake Nakuru National Park - the Bird-watchers Paradise
Lake Nakuru is world famous for, and was created a National Park, to protect its stunning flocks of lesser flamingo, which literally turn its shores pink. Its birdlife is world renowned: a beacon for leading ornithologists, scientists and wildlife film-makers.
Lake Nakuru National Park Topography and Vegetation
Lake Nakuru National Park spans an attractive range of wooded and bush grassland around the lake offering wide ecological diversity, from lake water, woodland to the rocky escarpments and ridges.
Wildlife and Game Viewing while on Safari to Lake Nakuru National Park
Kenya Wildlife Services (K.W.S) has successfully established rhino sanctuary in the park and you can almost be guaranteed sighting of these endangered creature while on safari to Lake Nakuru National Park. This Park is also home to the endangered Rothschild Giraffe. Game viewing in Lake Nakuru National Park is relatively easy, buffalo, leopard, lion, Black and White Colobus monkey are plentiful in the forest. The bushlands offer eland, steinbok, impala, Chandler's reedbuck and dik dik. Predators to be seen in the park include lions, leopards and hyenas who have a strange habit of feeding ono flamingos.
Major Attraction / Physical Features in Lake Nakuru National Park
- Spectacular View-points: Lion hill, Baboon cliff and Out of Africa provide vintage views of the lake and the surrounding National Park.
- Hills: Lake Nakuru has several hills including Enasoit, Honeymoon and Lion hill.
- Rivers Makhalia and Nderit are dry most of the time due to deforestation in Mau.
- Reptiles: A large number of reptiles inhabits the parks including the python and tortoise.
- The spectacular Scenery of the Rift Valley.
