Lake Nakuru Safaris

Lake Nakuru is one of the Rift Valley soda lakes and is protected by the small Lake Nakuru National Park.  The park is best known for its thousands, sometimes millions of flamingos nesting on the shores.  The surface of the shallow is often hardly recognizable due to the continually shifting mass of pink flamingos.  The picturesque landscape includes areas of marsh and grasslands alternating with rocky cliffs and outcrops, stretches of acacia woodland and rocky hillsides covered with a Euphorbia forest on the eastern perimeter. 

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How to get there

Lake Nakuru National Park has a good road connection with Nairobi, 156km away.  SUNSAFARIS can arrange day trips or transfers to accommodation near Lake Nakuru National Park.

Lake Nakuru Lodge

Lake Nakuru Lodge, originally a farm house is in the south east ecological heart of Lake Nakuru National Park. The lake, which is a Ramar site - a wetland of international importance, is famous for being a haven for birds, especially flamingo. Lake Nakuru Lodge blends in well with its surroundings and the animals often graze peacefully close to the lodge. The lodge can accommodate up to 176 guests, either in family rooms, cottages or suites. The rooms have en suite showers, mosquito nets, telephones and in room safe.

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Sarova Lion Hill Lodge

Sarova Lion Hill Lodge is situated on a plateau in the heart of Kenya's Rift Valley. The lodge nestles on the banks of Lake Nakuru, one of East Africa's most famous soda lakes. Meals are enjoyed either at the Flamingo Restaurant or under one of the beautiful acacia trees where you can enjoy your meal as you have an unobstructed view of the lake.

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Lake Nakuru National Reserve & Game Viewing

Game Viewing

Lake Nakuru is world famous as the location of the greatest bird spectacle on earth – myriads of fuchsia pink flamingos whose numbers are legion, often more than a million, or even two million.  The flamingo are not the only avian attraction, also present are two large fish eating birds, the pelican and the cormorants.  The lake is rich in other birdlife, with over 400 resident species on the lake and surrounding park. 
Lake Nakuru National Park has been enlarged to provide a sanctuary for the black rhino.  This undertaking has necessitated a fence to keep out poachers rather than restrict the movement of wildlife.  The park is now home to more than 25 rhinos.  Lake Nakuru National Park is also home to a number of Rothschild giraffe, waterbuck, lion, leopard and large sized pythons.

Seasons

The temperature ranges from cold, hot and dry to hot and humid.