Lake Nakuru Full Day Excursion

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Duration

1 day

Pickup

Nairobi

Overview

Lake Nakuru National Park is one of the best national parks in Kenya given that it has one of the Rift Valley soda Lakes i.e. Lake Nakuru. The park has 3 main gates and once you get into the park you will enjoy a wide variety of wildlife species and especially the Flamingoes which make the lake lool pink.

History of Lake Nakuru National Park

Nakuru National Park, the park most famous for the colonies of flamingos that live on the shores of the park’s Lake Nakuru. Lake Nakuru park Kenya is a premium game park, one of only three in the country and one of the most visited game parks in Kenya.

Lake Nakuru Park is known as bird lover’s hub because of the numerous birds that make home in this park. Lake Nakuru kenya Park is home to over 400 bird species including the flamingos that live on the lake and in the park’s savannah grasslands. The bird species include but not limited to African Fish Eagle, Slender-billed greenbul, Long-tailed widowbird, Rufous-throated wryneck, Montane white-eye,Red-capped lark, Northern puffback, Rüppell’s robin-chat, Shining sunbird and many more

Nakuru National Park though famous for the numerous birds, it’s also a wild game destination for animal lovers and wildlife explorers. Lake Nakuru park is a habitat to over 100 endangered Rhinos distributed between the black and white rhinos; the park is also home to the endangered Rothschild’s giraffe and other 50 or more animal species that include buffalos, waterbucks, lions, impalas and many more.

Included/Excluded

Full board accommodation for the 5 nights.
Transport in a 4 x4 safari minivan
Park fees
Bottled water
All government taxes

International airfares
Tips to local guides
Lunch
Items of personal nature

Tour Plan

Day 01 Nairobi –Lake Nakuru

After an early breakfast at your hotel, you will be picked by our driver and head out for the Lake Nakuru National Park. It is known as a beautiful haven because there are over 400 bird species recorded. Lake Nakuru is one of the soda lakes located in the Rift Valley. It is surrounded by woodlands and bushy grasslands. You will have a stopover at the view point where you can have a scenic view of surrounding mountains as you overlook the escarpments.

On arrival, you will enjoy a morning game drive in search of animals such as the black and white rhino, elephants, buffalos, waterbucks, warthogs, lions and Rothschild giraffes. You can enjoy your lunch at the baboon cliff as you look at the park from an elevated point or we can arrange it for you at one of the lodge.

After lunch you will embark on an afternoon game drive in search of animals not seen so far. Be sure to look out at the greater and lesser flamingos at the lake which can be seen feeding on algae in the shallow waters. Their numbers have gradually reduced due to the overflow of water in the lake. You will exit the park at 1600hrs and head back to Nairobi. Our driver will drop you off at your hotel.