Lake Nakuru National Park
Lake
Nakuru National Park is located Central Kenya approximately 155km north-west of
Nairobi,connected by a sealed road. It can therefore can be visited on a day
trip from Nairobi, although in the raining season more time would be needed. A
safari to Lake Nakuru is popularly combined
with either
Masai Mara National Reserve or Lake Baringo
and
Samburu National Reserve which lies to the
east .
The park entrance lies 6km from Nakuru town and the main
attraction is Lake Nakuru, a shallow alkaline soda lake set beneath the high
cliffs of the eastern Rift Valley.
Lake Nakuru is a known
ornithologists' paradise offering the spectacular view of up to 2 million
flamingos at one time (during the season), which are attracted by the lake's
algae. Sadly the numbers of flamingoes have reduced over recent years, which
may be due enviornmental damage caused by close human habitation. There are
also hundreds of other species including birds of prey.
An area of 190
sq km around the lake is fenced in as a national park and has been made a
sanctuary for Rothschild
giraffes and black and white
rhinos. Some of the 56 different species of
mammels that can be viewed in Nakuru National Park include an abundance of
Waterbuck and the predators are
lion,
cheetah and
leopard.
The best time to visit Lake
Nakuru is between March and December
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