Accommodation: Hotel / Lodge with A/C rooms

Photo guide: Paul McDougall and Gary Jones

Trip Duration: 10 nights and 11 days

Dates: Monday 3rd May to Thursday 13th May 2027

B – Breakfast, L – Lunch, D – Dinner, MG – Morning Game Drive, Drive, EG –

Evening Game Drive, TRSF –Transfer, FG – Full Day Game Drive, BT – Boat Trip

Please note accommodation may be altered to an equivalent option dependent

on availability.

Background

Lake Nakuru

Lake Nakuru National Park (188 km², 73mi²), created in 1961 around Lake Nakuru, near

Nakuru Town. It is best known for its thousands of flamingos gathering along the shores.

Although the population had declined and disappeared it is now starting to recover. The

edge of the shallow lake is often covered in a mass of pink. The number of flamingos on the

lake varies with water and food conditions and the best vantage point is from Baboon Cliff.

Also of interest is an area of 188 km around the lake fenced off as a sanctuary to protect

Rothschild giraffes, Black rhinos and White rhinos. The park now has more than 25 black

rhinoceros, one of the largest concentrations in the country, plus around 70 white rhinos.

There are also a number of Rothschild’s giraffe, again translocated for safety from western

Kenya beginning in 1977.

Waterbuck are very common and both the Kenyan species are found here. Among the

predators are lion and leopard, the latter being seen much more frequently in recent times,

in fact Lake Nakuru has one of the largest densities of leopards in the whole of Kenya.

The park is also very good for hyenas, they can sometimes be seen hunting flamingos early

in the morning along the lake shore. As well as flamingos, there are lots of other bird species

that inhabit the lake and the area surrounding it, such as African fish eagle, goliath heron,

hamerkop, pied kingfisher and Verreaux eagle.