Lake Nakuru National Park Safari Holidays in Kenya

Lake Nakuru National Park a shallow alkaline lake, lies about 100 miles north of Nairobi on a tarmac road.  The lake is world famous as the location of the greatest bird spectacle on earth - myriads of pink flamingo whose numbers are legion, often more than a million and which literally turn its shores pink.  They feed on the abundant algae which thrives in the warm waters.  But flamingo are not the only avian attraction, as the lake is rich in other birdlife.  There are over 400 resident species on the lake and in the surrounding park.  Large numbers of pelicans concentrate by the fresh-water streams that flow into the lake, and thousands of other birds may be seen including African fish eagles, white-winged black terns, stilts, avocets, ducks and in the European winter, the migrant waders.

The national park surrounds the lake, offering a wide ecological diversity, from lakeshore, woodland, grassy plains to rocky escarpments and ridges.  It has recently been enlarged to provide a sanctuary for black rhino and now has one of the largest concentrations of rhinoceros in the country (both black rhino and white rhino), so the chances of spotting these are very good. There are also a number of Rothschild’s giraffe, translocated for safety from western Kenya.  Waterbuck, zebra and Cape buffalo are very common.  Lion are present in the park and, like the lions of Lake Manyara, are quite often seen in the acacia trees. Leopard are also frequently sighted and Lake Nakuru National Park is one of the places where visitors have the best chance of seeing these elusive big cats.  The bushlands offer eland, warthog, impala, Mountain Reedbuck and dik dik, whilst rock hyrax and klipspringer occupy the cliffs and escarpment