Lake Nakuru National Park covers an area of 188 square km (73 square miles) located south of Nakuru Town. Nakuru means “Dust or Dusty Place” in the Maasai language. Lake Nakuru National Park is one of Kenya’s most popular and breathtaking parks. The park is located on the floor of the Great Rift Valley and has a lake surrounded by wooded acacia trees and bushy grasslands. The park offers a wide range of ecological diversity and varied habitats. The surrounding escarpments provide scenic views of the park.

Lake Nakuru is a birdwatcher’s paradise and is famous internationally for its thousands and sometimes millions of the lesser and greater flamingos nesting along the shore of the lake as they feed on algae. Thousands of tourists flock to the lake yearly to glimpse breathtaking scenery dubbed “the greatest bird spectacle on earth.” Over 400 migratory and endemic bird species are recorded in the park. Lake Nakuru is also a haven for two species of rhinos, about 70 white rhinos and 25 eastern black rhinos. It has the most extensive collection of rhinos population in the country. The Park boasts over 50 mammal species, including the Four of the Big Five Animals(Rhino, Lion, Leopard & Buffalo).