Game Drives, Bird Watching, & Camping
Lake Nakuru National Park, Nakuru
The park boasts of numerous wildlife animals, birds, and rich savanna grassland. Lake Nakuru National Park is classified as one of the two urban ecosystems in Kenya, the other one being the Nairobi National Park. The size of the conservancy is 18 sq.km.
The Lake Nakuru National Park is approximately 156 km away from Nairobi City and located on the floor of the Great Rift Valley, it is perfect for safari Kenya vacations.
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“For Savanna Ecosystems, animal and plant life are very sensitive to weather patterns. They depend on prevailing weather conditions to feed, migrate, and reproduce. Weather patterns and particularly the rains affect migratory routes of animal species; the conditions in the Lake Nakuru National Park vary from seasonal to heavy rains, to dry and very dry weather.”
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As one of the “must see” national parks in Kenya, the park supports game drives, camping, and bird watching activities. You might be able to see flamingos depending on the time of the year.
Wild life animals are abundant in the park. Lions, elephants, rhinos, cheetahs, giraffes, monkeys, baboons, snakes, buffaloes, antelopes, warthogs, zebras, and many other animals are in the conservancy. The best to time see the animals is early morning and late afternoon, the animals commonly avoid mid-day and early afternoon sun as it usually gets too hot. They hide or take naps during this time. 56 different mammals and 450 bird species are found in the park.
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The flora and fauna in the conservancy is yet another reason why you should visit Lake Nakuru National Park. Savanna grassland is expansive across the park with bushy scrubs and yellow acacia trees breaking up the monotony. The grassland offers the perfect backdrop for most of the animals in the park. You might need binoculars to correctly identify a given animal as they seamlessly and perfectly camouflage in the grassland. Plants quickly adopt lush and vibrant green color during the rainy season. Animals and plant life is quickly renewed and revived with the onset of the rains, life in the park really thrives during this time.
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Lake Nakuru is a spectacle all by itself. It is a salty water body and is home to flamingos, crocodiles and hippopotamus. As one of the geographical effects of the Great Rift Valley in East Africa, it is a long and shallow lake (1.83 m deep) and the third largest salty lakes in Kenya. Lake Nakuru has no inlets but has several outlets which prevent it from over flowing. It lies in formation with other six Rift Valley lakes that start all the way from North to the Southern part of the country. It occupies 45 sq.km. of the park.
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The lodge provides informative, comprehensive, and fun guided game drives in the park.
The park provides research opportunities as well, if you are interested you can contact the Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) for more information.
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The park can also be accessed from KWS main gate which is 4 km from Nakuru Town.
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Game Drives, Bird Watching, Rest, & Relaxation
Lake Nakuru Lodge
Located inside the Lake Nakuru National Park, the lodge is a beautiful safari Kenya holiday destination. It is found in the wild settings of the Lake Nakuru eco-urban conservancy. It takes you about 15 minutes from the Nakuru – Nairobi highway to access the lodge. It is a 25 minutes’ drive from Nakuru Town.
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Our extremely warm, friendly and professional staff is available round the clock to assist you. We have experienced tour guides to take you right at the heart of the Lake Nakuru National Park where you can interact with wildlife animals in their natural habitat. Lake Nakuru is an equally amazing spectacle to be enjoyed. Our game drives allow you to get up close to the lake where numerous bird species can be seen enjoying the lake, you might see some hippopotamus too.
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We offer:
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Beautiful and modern rooms,
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A restaurant,
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A well serviced bar,
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A swimming pool,
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A curio shop,
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Beautiful, quiet and scenic surroundings, and
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Strong Wi-Fi connection.
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An interesting fact about the lodge is that one of our guest houses was built over 100 years ago and it is in great condition! Our other rooms are modern, private, and cozy.
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The Lake Nakuru lodge hosts domestic, regional (Africa), and international visitors. We are well suited to take care of business and leisure travelers, corporate conferences, and destination weddings.
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Our Menu
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Guests at the lodge enjoy locally grown and seasonal foods. Dairy products and meats are bought in from farmers in Nakuru while fruits and vegetables are sourced from the local market.
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The Mutarakwa Restaurant is named after one of the park’s indigenous trees. It is open all day and you can enjoy your meals either inside the restaurant or outside in the beautiful surroundings with a view of wildlife animals and the lake. Ala carte menu or breakfast, lunch or dinner buffet are available. Ask the chef to make you his signature delicious pan cakes for breakfast, there are always amazing.
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Fruits, vegetable salads, juices, and smoothies are prepared for you anytime of the day.
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The bar is well stocked with chilled Kenyan beers and other international brands. You can order a cocktails as well.
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Supporting the Environment
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We try to limit the number of visitors at the lodge at any one given time to preserve the integrity of the fragile ecosystem and to also ensure our guests get the privacy and quiet they need.
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