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Lake Nakuru National Parks

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  • Birding Site
  • Lake or River
  • Lake or River
  • National Park

Description

“The Bird Watchers’ Paradise”

On the floor of the Great Rift Valley, surrounded by wooded and bushy grassland, lies the beautiful Lake Nakuru National Park. Visitors can enjoy the wide ecological diversity and varied habitats that range from Lake Nakuru itself to the surrounding escarpment and picturesque ridges. Lake Nakuru National Park is ideal for bird watching, hiking,picnic and game drives.

How to get there

  • Roads:The park has a tarmac road connection with Nairobi, a distance of 156 km north west of Nairobi on the main A104 road. The most commonly used route into the park is via the main gate, 4 km from Nakuru Town Centre. It is also possible to enter the park from the main Nairobi Nakuru road at Lanet Gate. The Nderit Gate is used by people accessing the park from Masai Mara or Elementaita.
  • Airstrips:The Naishi airstrip services the park for tourism and KWS activities.
  • Park Roads:The park has an adequate and well serviced motorable roads that make most parts of the park accessible.
  • Park Gates:The park has three gates, Main Gate and Lanet Gate that link the park with the Nairobi-Nakuru highway and the less used Nderit Gate.

Attractions

  • Flamingo (Greater and Lesser) and other water birds including a variety of terrestrial birds numbering about 450 species in total.
  • Mammals: 56 different species including white rhinos,waterbuck etc.
  • View-points: Lion hill, Baboon cliff and Out of Africa
  • Hills: Enasoit, Honeymoon, Lion hill ridge etc
  • Waterfalls: Makalia.
  • Unique vegetation: About 550 different plant species including the unique and biggest euphorbia forest in Africa, Picturesque landscape and yellow acacia woodlands.
  • Cycle with rhino event every September yearly

 

Park Fees 

 

Lake Nakuru National Park

Citizen

Resident

Non-Resident

Adults

KSH

Child

KSH

Adults

KSH

Child

KSH

Adults

USD

Child

USD

860

215

1,030

515

60

35

 


Rules & Regulations

Respect the privacy of the wildlife, this is their habitat. Beware of the animals, they are wild and can be unpredictable. Don't crowd the animals or make sudden noises or movements. Don't feed the animals


Wildlife & Birds

Title Conservation Status
 African lion Vulnerable
 Black rhinoceros Critically Endangered
 Cheetah Vulnerable
 Leopard Vulnerable
 White rhino Near Threatened
 Great white pelican Least Concern
 Goliath heron Least Concern
 Greater Flamingos Least Concern
 Verreaux s eagle Least Concern
 Thomson s gazelles Near Threatened
 Waterbuck Least Concern
 Hippopotamuses Vulnerable

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