Baboon Cliff View Point in
Lake Nakuru National Park |
Lake Nakuru seeen from the
Baboon Cliff |
White rhino in bush around
Lake Nakuru |
Flamongoes in the lake |
Lake Nakuru is
a very shallow strongly alkaline
lake 62 km2 in extent. It is set in
a picturesque landscape of
surrounding woodland and grassland
next to Nakuru town. The landscape
includes areas of marsh and
grasslands alternating with rocky
cliffs and outcrops, stretches of
acacia woodland and rocky hillsides
covered with a Euphorbia forest on
the eastern perimeter.
The lake catchment is bounded by
Menengai crater to the north, the
Bahati hills to the north east, the
lion hill ranges to the east, eburu crater to the south and the mau
escarpment to the west. Three major
rivers; Njoro, Makalia and Enderit
drain into the lake.
This park provides the visitor with
images of tens of thousands of
flamingo joined into a massive
flock, forming a pulsing pink swathe
of life that carpets the water, the
flamingo are a breathtaking sight.
The lake has become world famous for
these birds, who visit the lake to
feed on algae that forms on the lake
bed. They move back and forth,
feeding and occasionally and
spectacularly taking to flight,
filling the sky over the lake with colour.
This is a major National Park and an
important sanctuary for Rhino, both
Black and White Rhino are found
here, and are often seen resting
under acacias by the Lake shore
likewise there are huge herds of
waterbuck, zebra, buffalo, the
endangered Rothschild Giraffe and a
variety of other herbivores. Lake
Nakuru National Park gives one the
best chances of seeing several large
prides of Lion and a number of
leopard which are known to be very
elusive animals to the point of some
calling them "shy" animals.
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