Lake Nakuru National Park

Lake Nakuru National Park is world renown for its beautiful pink flamingos.  Lake Nakuru was first gazetted as a bird sanctuary in 1960.  This lake offers one of the world’s most spectacular wildlife sights, brilliant pink flamingos as far as the eye can see.

A tour to Lake Nakuru will guarantee not just viewing flamingos but a variety of terrestrial birds numbering 450 species in total, wildlife, hills and waterfalls.

Among the attractions in Lake Nakuru National Park:

Flamingoes & Birds:   Lake Nakuru National Park is the home to over a million flamingos.  Fleets of lesser and greater Flamingoes line the shores of Lake Nakuru giving it a pinkish appearance.  Besides flamingoes, Lake Nakuru is home to other water birds.

Mammals:  56 different species of mammals have been identified in Lake Nakuru National Park, including black and white rhinos, Rothschild’s giraffes, cape buffaloes, Deffassa waterbucks, Thomson’s and grant’s gazelles, impalas, lions, leopards, warthogs, olive baboons, black-backed jackal, reedbucks, dik dik’s and elands

View-points:  Lion hill, Baboon cliff and Out of Africa provide vintage views of Lake Nakuru and the surrounding National Park.

Hills: Lake Nakuru has several hills including Enasoit, Honeymoon and Lion hill.

Waterfalls: Makalia

Unique vegetation: About 550 different plant species are found in Lake Nakuru National Park.  Lake Nakuru boasts of the largest Euphorbia candelabrum forest in Africa, Picturesque landscape and yellow acacia woodland.

Reptiles:  A large number of reptiles inhabit Lake Nakuru including the python and tortoise.

Kenya Flora – Lake Nakuru National Park is a convenient site to visit for those who want to tour a place close to Nairobi.  Mission Tour and Travel will comfortably drive you to the park which is situated approximately 164 kilometers from Nairobi, a two-hour drive from Nairobi city.  It is dominated by a gentle undulating terrain with open bush and woodlands, typical of the dry rift valley vegetation.