Lake Nakuru NP

Most big safari animals are available in Lake Nakuru National park except elephants. Lake Nakuru National Park is famous for its 60 black rhinos and 40 white rhinos who happily roam the park. Due to the protective fence, elephants are the only members of the big five who do not live in the park. Lions, leopards and African buffaloes can all be sighted, and Nakuru is especially famous for its leopards, which can frequently be spotted during the day.

The park is a significant fortification for the rare Rothschild's giraffe. Besides the far and wide vervet monkey and olive primate, the wonderful highly contrasting colobus monkey can once in a while be found in the acacia forest. Waterbuck are extremely common and both the Kenyan subspecies are seen here. The park additionally has huge measured pythons that possess the thick forests, and can regularly be seen going across the streets or hanging from trees.

Lake Nakuru can be visited consistently, yet wildlife viewing may be more troublesome in April & May during the wet season. During this time, rain may meddle with your game drives and the grass will be in general extremely high making animal spotting more troublesome.

There are more than 500 species of birds recorded in Lake Nakuru. Soda lake is a birding area of interest and supports a ton of birdlife, including enormous flocks of pelicans. Sadly, flamingos are presently not the drawcard here as horrible conditions have driven a significant number of them to other Rift Valley lakes. Nakuru is additionally perhaps the best spot in Kenya to see the striking, long-tailed widowbird. Myriad other bird species inhabit the lake and the area surrounding it, such as the African fish eagle, Goliath heron, hamerkop, pied kingfisher and Verreaux's eagle among others of their kind.

Bird watchers can visit the Lake Nakuru National park all year round to spot the resident bird species. However, the best time is from November to April when the migrants from Europe and North Africa are present. This is the breeding season and many birds are in full plumage. Although it’s good for birding, April tends to be very wet and is a less productive time for general wildlife viewing.

Lake Nakuru can be visited consistently, yet wildlife viewing may be more troublesome in April & May during the wet season. During this time, rain may meddle with your game drives and the grass will be in general extremely high making animal spotting more troublesome.