Lake Nakuru is among Kenya’s finest national parks. Lake Nakuru National Park is home to both black and white rhinos, lions, leopards, hippos and endangered Rothschild’s giraffes. Rising water levels in 2014 forced the park’s famous flamingos to flee to other nearby lakes and the park is now mainly surrounded by submerged acacia trees. Lake Nakuru was first gazette as a bird sanctuary in 1960 and upgraded to National Park status in 1968. The surface of the Lake Nakuru occupies about a third of the park. It supports a dense bloom of the blue-green Cyanophyte Spirulina platensis from which it derives its colour and is a food source for flamingos. During peak season over millions of flamingos and Pelicans congregate on the lake… You can also find the endangered Rothschild’s giraffe her
