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1. General Information
Lake Nakuru National Park was opened to the public
in the year 1968. It is located 157 km away from Nairobi. This park
covers an area of 188square kilometers; it was mainly opened to
protect its huge flock of the lesser flamingoes and provide sanctuary
fore the endangered species like the Rhinos. The national park is
home to over a million lesser flamingoes which paint the lake pink.
Lake Nakuru is one of the perfect destination for
nature lovers like the ornothologists, sciencetists, and the wildlife
filmmakers. It has ecological diversity including lake water, woodland,
and bush grassland, to rocky ridges. It is at an altitude of 4000-5780ft
above sea level. Accomodation is found in two lodges, which include
sarova lion hill lodge and l.nakuru lodge, K.W.S guesthouse, five
campsites and it also has two picnic sites at Makalia falls and
Njoro river mouth.
2. Getting There
You can get to lake Nakuru by road. It takes approximately 2.5 hrs
drive from Nairobi.
3. Major Attractions
It is here that perhaps the most beautiful view is found in Kenya.
The sight of almost a million flamingoes together can be one of
the most memorable scenes for any visitor to this national park.
The visitors also get a chance to see Hippos and clawless otters
in the lake itself, waterbucks, reedbuck and zebra, black and white
rhino, buffaloes, leopard, the rare Rothschild giraffe, black and
white colobus monkeys in the forest, elands, steinbok, impala, chandlers
reedbuk, dikdik, rock hyrax, klipspringer along the cliffs and escarpments
and several large prides of lion. Several bird species are found
here.
What could be more exciting than to witness hundreds
of thousands of flamingoes flying only to cause temporary darkness?
This can be witnessed at Lake Nakuru national park only if you are
lucky to get the chance to see the flamingoes fly. It is not a guarantee
that this happens every time you visit the park as it only occurs
during migration to Lake Magadi. For any adventurous person, this
is not a destination that should be missed.
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