Lake Nakuru National Park Travel Guide

 croisbeauty Says:  Didnt expect to see Marabou inside the park area, this ugly looking birds, as far as I know, prefer cities and raking at the sweepings. Fact is, I haven't seen much of them in Nairobi or Mombasa but Kampala in Uganda, especially the city area, is full of marabus. Marabou... 

 croisbeauty Says:  I am pretty much patient when taking pictures, especialy if sunrisings, sunsets or wild animals, but my patience didn't help much regarding flamingoes. They were totaly distrustful and keeping safe distance range from me. I had to take all my pics with 300 mm lens. Next time... 

 croisbeauty Says:  I haven't seen much of giraffes in the Nakuru Park area, in fact this two giraffes were the only I have seen around. The guide told me Nakuru isn't one of the parks where giraffes could be find. Anyway, giraffe is friendly specie and was nice to see them around. 

 croisbeauty Says:  Baboons aren't friendly specie, especially if having baby baboons around or if somebody is disturbing their territory. All this photos were taken from the car and I was awarned not to go out. Baboon isn't of gorila size but no matter that physically it is very strong, much... 

 Zanzibargirl Says:  The best place to get a view of the park from above is to visit the lookout at Baboon cliff. Its like looking down on an artists painting, where all the colours of the water of Nakuru, the pink of the flamingo, and the black mud around, plus the dry savannah lands and green... 

 Suet Says:  We last visited in January 2011. Driving down to the lake means that you see Flamingos. The only other places I saw flamingos in Kenya was at Lake Borgoria, a hot springs lake which is where they breed. Their bright pink colour of their feathers is because they eat a beta... 

 pfsmalo Says:  Although still quite rare the black and white Rhino are still an impressive sight, even from a distance. A generally placid looking animal, when attacking can move its bulk at almost 50 kph. The colour of their hide means nothing,it is more the size and shape of the mouth... 

 pfsmalo Says:  I would say that this was the icing on the cake at Lake Nakuru, as this was a very lucky encounter and totally unexpected. Shortly after leaving the lodge around 7.30 am for Lake Naivasha, we gave way to another vehicle coming from our right. As this van was trundling along... 

 pfsmalo Says:  This is one very wild creature and one that even the guides are afraid of getting too close to. Part of the co-called "Big Five" the buffalo is unpredictable in its nature, it is capable of hurling its ton of armoured body along at speeds up to 60 kph. Extremely agressive it... 

 pfsmalo Says:  On the lakeside there is one place where you can actually get out of the vans and get pretty close the flamingos. Our chauffeur/guide made us move sharply though when he noticed this Hyena coming along the bank. 

 gnbob Says:  We just got back from an unforgettable safari in Kenya organized for us by Simon Koech of Dawn@ Dusk Travel. www.d2dsafaris.com As seniors, we were cautious about whom we chose and this outfit did not let us down.The drive guide Simon sent us with, Matu Michael, was... 

 croisbeauty Says:  Kenyans call them simply Monkey, have never heard any other name for this specie. This animal is almost alike to domestic, living close to the hauses because it is the easiest way to get some food. Usually they stay at the rooftops or nearby trees, observing carefully people... 

 croisbeauty Says:  There is nice resting place on the road to Nakuru but I didnt catch its name. The trip from Nairobi to Nakuru, if travelling by car, isnt that long but still short stop for a drink or buying some specific local souveniers is always welcome. The souveniers are, more or less,... 

 croisbeauty Says:  Lake Nakuru is well know animal resort situated north of Nairobi, about two hours of driving by car. Due to a road conditions, distance in Kenya is very irrelevant, also, it depend on how many police road-checking point one could meet. The road to Nakuru town is pretty good...