The Bird Watchers Paradise

Lake Nakuru is a shallow strongly alkaline lake set in a picturesque landscape of surrounding woodland and grassland. The landscape includes areas of marsh and grasslands alternating with rocky cliffs and out crops, stretches of acacia woodland and rocky hillsides covered with a Euphorbia forest. The lake’s catchment is bounded by Menengai crater to the north, the  Bahati hills to the north east, the lion hill ranges to the east, eburu crater to the south and the mau escarpment to the west. Three rivers, the Njoro, Makalia and Enderit drain into the lake.

The Lake supports a dense bloom of the blue-green Cynophyte Spirulina platensis better known as algae from which it derives its colour. It is a food source for the flamingos. The wildlife at Lake Nakuru National Park includes up to 1.5 million flamingos plus 450 other species of bird, Thopmson’s and Grant gazelle, the rare long-eared leaf-nosed bat, colobus monkey, rock hyrax, hippo, leopard, lion, rhino, waterbuck, impala, gazelle, stripped hyena, bat-eared fox, wild cat, reed buck and the golden cat. During the peak season over one million flamingos congregate on the lake plus half a million pelicans. The park also contains Kenya’s largest population of rhinos.

The activities at Lake Nakuru include:

• Game viewing drives
• Bird watching expeditions
• Finest views of the lake from Baboon Cliff, Lion Hill and Out of Africa Hill