Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya

(Day Trip From Nairobi)

(Lake Nakuru National Park lies in Central Kenya, 160 Kilometers Northwest of Nairobi, in Nakuru District of the Rift Valley Province. Lake Nakuru Main Gate is 4 Kilometers from Nakuru Town Centre. By Air: Private Chartered light aircrafts may land at Naishi airstrip. The driving time from Nairobi to Lake Nakuru National Park is 2.5 Hours)

Lake Nakuru National Park Day Trip From Nairobi

(Tour Duration: Full Day) 160 Kilometers, 2.5 Hours Away from Nairobi

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Lake Nakuru National Park African Spice Safari departs in the early morning from your hotel to the Escarpment to the floor of the Great Rift Valley in to Lake Nakuru National Park. Along the way you have the chance to stop at a viewpoint and take pictures of the Great Rift Valley below you. The day is spent game viewing within the park; stopping for a lunch at one of the lodges in the Park. We return to Nairobi in the late afternoon.

You may get out of the vehicle at the Lake shore to get a closer look at the birds. The nearby cliffs offer sightings of baboons, birds of prey and scurrying hyraxes, as well as great views of the park. Lake Nakuru National Park covers 180 sq km and is home to warthogs, waterbuck, buffaloes, reedbucks, and the occasional leopard as well as White and Black Rhinos which were introduced to the Park a few years ago.

Lake Nakuru Day Trip from Nairobi Rates/Price

Notes

* Lake Nakuru National Park is 188 Square Kilometers

* Game viewing & Bird watching are the main activities in the Park

* Temperature ranges from 20-30 c and rainfall from 200mm – 700 mm
* Two rain seasons: Long rains – March & April & short rains – Nov/ December

Lake Nakuru National Park Day Tour Price includes

* Price per person

* Game drive in Lake Nakuru National Park

* All park entry fees, service charge and taxes

* Pickup from your hotel in Nairobi and drop-off to your hotel
* Professional English speaking guides. All are experts in the African wildlife, culture and tour guiding

Lake Nakuru National Park Day Tour Does not include

* Tips or gratuity

* Optional activities

* Travelers insurance

* Communication charges, visas

* International airfares and airport taxes

* Meals, sightseeing not included in the package

* Personal expenses such as drinks, telephone calls, emails, faxes etc

* Transfers to/from the airport (supplement airport transfer cost applies for tours starting from the airport)

Lake Nakuru Day Trip Summary Itinerary

600 Hours: Pick-up from your residence/Hotel

700 Hours: Depart Nairobi for Nakuru National Park

1000 Hours: Arrive at the Nakuru National park and proceed for a two hour game drive

1230 Hours: Enjoy lunch at the Sarova Lion hill Lodge or Lake Nakuru Lodge

1400 Hours: Tea coffee or Hot Chocolate and relax by the Verandah

1430 Hours: Depart for a game drive en-route to Nairobi

1800 Hours: Nairobi arrival and transfer to your residence/Hotel

Lake Nakuru National Park Information

Lake Nakuru National Park is a shallow alkaline lake, lies about 100 miles north of Nairobi on a tarmac road. It can therefore be reached easily by road from the capital and the transfer takes less than three hours. The lake is world famous as the location of the greatest bird spectacle on earth - myriads of pink flamingo whose numbers are legion, often more than a million and which literally turn its shores pink. They feed on the abundant algae which thrive in the warm waters. But flamingo are not the only avian attraction, as the lake is rich in other birdlife. There are over 400 resident species on the lake and in the surrounding park.

Large numbers of pelicans concentrate by the fresh-water streams that flow into the lake, and thousands of other birds may be seen including African fish eagles, white-winged black terns, stilts, avocets, ducks and in the European winter, the migrant waders. Lake Nakuru national park surrounds the lake, offering a wide ecological diversity, from lakeshore, woodland, grassy plains to rocky escarpments and ridges. It has recently been enlarged to provide a sanctuary for black rhino and now has one of the largest concentrations of rhinoceros in the country (both black rhino and white rhino), so the chances of spotting these are very good. There are also a number of Rothschild's giraffe, translocated for safety from western Kenya. Waterbuck, zebra and Cape buffalo are very common. Lion are present in the park and, like the lions of Lake Manyara, are quite often seen in the acacia trees.

Leopards are also frequently sighted and Lake Nakuru National Park is one of the places where visitors have the best chance of seeing these elusive big cats. The bushlands offer eland, warthog, impala, Mountain Reedbuck and dik dik, whilst rock hyrax and klipspringer occupy the cliffs and escarpment.

Flamingos in Lake Nakuru

White Rhino's in the Park

Rothschild Giraffe