Lake Nakuru National Park is 140 KM West of Nairobi, Kenya. The park measures at 188 KM2 and is centred around a huge lake, which is surrounded by grassy plains. The park has three entrances: the main gate – which links between the main highway between Nakuru and Nairobi, the Lanet gate and the Nderit gate.

There are many different places to stay within the National Park, including Lake Nakuru Lodge, Lion Hill Lodge and Mbweha Camp to name a few.

The park is inhabited by a large selection of bird life, most famously the flock of over one million flamingos that feed on the algae within the lake to create the famous ‘sea of pink’ that you may hear the lake described as. There are also many other varieties of aquatic birds that live on or near the 3.5 KM deep lake including spoonbills, marabou stalk, pied kingfisher, hamerkop, fish eagle and goliath heron.

Four of the ‘big five’ can be spotted in Lake Nakuru National Park: black rhino, cape buffalo, leopard and the masai lion. You can also try to spot more of the fifty six animals that inhabit the park, such as cheetah, spotted hyena, hippo, white rhino, warthog and thomson’s gazelle dotted around the park. Reptile species such as tortoise and pythons can also be seen on the rare occasion.

Walking around the park is not permitted unless you are at one of the spectacular view points which enable you to see the whole of the National Park from a great height, the view points are name Lion hill and Baboon cliff and are definitely worth climbing on a clear day to set the scene.