Is Lake Nakuru Worth Visiting?

Is Lake Nakuru worth visiting? When you start planning to visit a Kenyan safari, you shouldn’t miss on your safari itinerary a visit Lake Nakuru National Park. Even though, it’s a small national park and far away from Kenya’s capital ‘’Nairobi’’. Your visit to the park, will end up wondering about scenic landscape of Lake Nakuru National park.

More fact, Lake Nakuru is worth visiting due to its thousands of beautiful pink flamingos and other animal species like Rhinos. It is more attractive if you first spend more days in Masai Mara or one of the other larger Kenya national Park like Amboseli, Tsavo National Park many others. This is all because Lake Nakuru National Park is a small park which can be explored in only 3 hours visits.

Here are advantages and disadvantage that proves out why you should visit Lake Nakuru National Park;

Visit Lake Nakuru before visiting to the other parks

Lake Nakuru National Park is known as smallest national park in Kenya but worth visiting before you adventure to large national park such as Tsavo National Park or Masai Mara. Visiting Lake Nakuru National Park, you will also have a rewardable experience of the wildlife you expect to view at the Masai Mara.

It is very sad, if you choose to visit this park after being in the Mara for more days and the few hours you will spend there, it’s a waste compared to how long would it be to drive up to Lake Nakuru from the Mara.

Is it worth to spend more time at the Mara or share it with Lake Nakuru.

Tourists who wish to get more excitement on Kenya safari between Mara vs a visit to Lake Nakuru- We recommend you go for the Masai Mara. Visiting Masai mara, you will enjoy more attractions and an extra night on safari to Mara. The drive from the Mara to Lake Nakuru mainly comprises the road distance and nothing rewards to see along the way.   Yet, a drive to from Nairobi to Lake Nakuru is short drive of about 3 hours compared 5 hours spent on the road to reach Mara.

Attractions of Lake Nakuru National Park

Black and white Rhino

Lake Nakuru National Park hosts with both the black and white rhino.  This makes it an attractive safari destination due to these unique endangered species. Rhinos here are commonly seen in wide open woodland of Lake Nakuru National Park.

Flamingo species

The park is a beautiful birding destination. Even though the flamingo’s population has been decreased   over years. Today, the park has become one of the tourist’s places in Kenya where you can watch them. Due to the thousands of the flamingos in Lake Nakuru National Park has made it a stopping destination for Kenya Birding Tour for paradise for birders. The location is easy to access in all direction.

More to that, Lake Nakuru National Park is close to Hell’s Gate National Park which is just two-hour drive away from the park. Compared to 5-hour drive taken to get to Lake Nakuru from Masai Mara and Hell’s gate which seems quite near.

Hell’s Gate National Park offers a perfect gorge that provides stunning and challenging hike. Is worth visiting when combined a visiting Lake Nakuru.

Views of Rift valley on your way there

The driving distance from Nairobi to Lake Nakuru National Park, is quite rewarding with spectacular views of the Great Rift Valley and having a chance to stop at one of the many viewpoints on the escarpment. The best site of viewing the Rift Valley is from the vantage point.

Cons of Lake Nakuru National Park

Lake Nakuru National Park is one of the smallest Kenyan park which can be viewed with in a single day making it less attractive to visitors who want to spend more days in one safari destination.

Won’t get to see all the big5

A visit to Lake Nakuru, don’t expect to see all the big five mammals but few will be seen here like the endangered Rhinos, leopards and lions.

Complaints about the Accommodation Facilities

Most of tourists who visits Lake Nakuru National Park have complained about the suitable lodges within and around the park. For that matter, its better you first check accommodation your comfortable with before booking your rooms there. Besides that, Lake Nakuru stands out like other top perfect Kenya travel destination like Masai Mara, Amboseli National park, Tsavo East and Tsavo West, Hell’s Gate and Samburu National Reserve among many.

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