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Lake Nakuru National Park

Lake Nakuru National Park is a wildlife reserve in central Kenya, famous for birdlife, particularly thousands of flamingoes, also known for white rhinos.

Flamingoes - Lake Nakuru National Park Kenya

Flamingoes - Lake Nakuru National Park Kenya

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White Rhinoceros - Lake Nakuru National Park

How Do You Get There?

You can reach the Lake Nakuru National Park by road, rail and air both from inside Kenya as well as neighboring countries like Tanzania.

  • We went by road from Nairobi in Kenya to the Lake Nakuru National Park.
  • We crossed the border into Tanzania at Namanga (see below map).
  • From there, we went through Arusha on our way to the Serengeti.
  • It took us about 10 hours from Nairobi to the Serengeti with stops at Namanga and Arusha.
  • Serengeti has convenient transport hubs by rail, road and air inside Tanzania as well as neighboring countries like Kenya.

You can reach the Lake Nakuru National Park by road, rail and air both from inside Kenya as well as neighboring countries like Tanzania.

Lakshmi Soundararajan

Wildlife Enthusiast

Lakshmi Narasimhan Soundararajan
Nairobi City to Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya

Nairobi City to Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya

Where Will You Stay

Lake Nakuru National Park offers both adventure style camps as well as family oriented lodges.

  • Luxury Tented Camps are popular in the park providing 5 Star comfort right in the middle of the jungle.
  • We Stayed in the Mbuzi Mawe Tented Camps in the park and could hear the roar of the lions in the night.
  • Armed guards accompanied us from our tents to the restaurant at night for dinner.
  • The Mbuzi Mawe Tented Camps have top class accommodations complete with bath and toilets right inside the tents.

Luxury Tented Camps are popular in the park providing 5 Star comfort right in the middle of the jungle complete with bath and toilets right inside the tents.

Lakshmi Soundararajan

Wildlife Enthusiast

Lakshmi Narasimhan Soundararajan

Game Drives

Our Game Drives were by a "Kombi" (African term for a mini-van) with a slide open top for standing inside and viewing game. See image to the right.

  • Kombi drivers are also guides who are familiar with the trails by which vehicles are allowed.
  • Tanzania is very strict about driving on main road trails for watching game.
  • Game Drives are generally early in the morning, after breakfast and in the afternoon.
  • Kombi driver guides know exactly what time animals, particularly big cats can be sighted during drives.
Kombi - Lake Nakuru National Park Kenya

Our Game Viewing was by a "Kombi" (African term for a mini-van with a slide open top for standing inside and viewing game. Kombi drivers are also guides who are familiar with the trails by which vehicles are allowed.

Lakshmi Soundararajan

Wildlife Enthusiast

Lakshmi Narasimhan Soundararajan

About the Park

Lake Nakuru National Park is a wildlife reserve in central Kenya, famous for birdlife, particularly thousands of flamingoes, also known for white rhinos.

  • It spans a distance of over 14000 square kilometers in Tanzania.
  • It has Kenya in the north border alongside the Mara river.
  • Home to the largest Lion population in Africa
  • Famous for the largest annual migration of wildebeest, zebra and other smaller animals
  • Home to the Super Seven of Africa - lion, elephant, rhino, buffalo, leopard, cheetah & wild dog
Flamingoes - Lake Nakuru National Park Kenya
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Wild Animal Encounter on Safari

Safari is a word used to describe a trip to observe wild animals in their natural habitat. You may be observing the wild animal from your Game Drive Vehicle, or otherwise on the ground. Bushwalks are a heart pumping activity in the jungle available in some private game reserves.

  • Safari is a word used to describe a trip to observe wild animals in their natural habitat.
  • You may be observing the wild animal from your Game Drive Vehicle, or otherwise on the ground.
  • Some game reserves have designated Spy Decks normally around a waterhole.
  • Bushwalks are a heart pumping activity in the jungle available in some private game reserves.
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