Lake Nakuru

Lake Nakuru National Park is one of Kenya's most celebrated wildlife destinations, renowned for its rich biodiversity, scenic landscapes, and significant conservation efforts. Located approximately 156 km northwest of Nairobi, the park is easily accessible via the A104 road and is a popular day-trip destination from Nairobi.

Geography/ Habitat

The Lake covers about a third of the entire park, and in it is the blue green Cyanophyte Spirulina platensis plant, a major food source for the millions of flamingo that reside there. The lake is also bordered by alkalines swamps and marsh at the edges of the blue green waters, with surrounding lower areas of land supporting a savannah like grassland area. The elevated areas are dotted with acacia dry forests and bushland with Rocky Hillsides and scrub on the escarpentsand ridges.

Animals: Large numbers of the Greater and Lesser Flamingoes, white and black rhino, buffallo, lion, zebra, gazelle, the rare long-eared leaf-nosed bat, colobus monkey, rock hyrax, hippo, leopard, waterbuck, impala, gazelle, striped hyena, bat-eared fox, wild cat, reedbuck , golden cat, warthog, baboons and over 450 species of terrestrial and water birds