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User Reviews of Lake Nakuru National Park (284 Reviews)

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4.4225 / 5 4.4 /5
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Female avatar icon Briana United States flag US       Visited: October 2022 Reviewed: Nov 18, 2022

Email Briana  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

4 / 5 4 /5
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Saw a rhino and flamingos! Definitely the highlight for Lake Nakuru.

Male avatar icon Ryo Japan flag JP       Visited: September 2022 Reviewed: Oct 30, 2022

Email Ryo  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

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You can watch Rhinos easily, but there are very few flamingos that made this lake famous.
It takes 3 hours drive from Nairobi with paved road.

If you want to do another place in this country other than Masai Mara, this is the best.

Male avatar icon MCS United States flag US       Visited: July 2022 Reviewed: Aug 26, 2022

Email MCS  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

A small park that is well worth the visit.

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Lake Nakuru National Park is well worth the visit. While the flocks of flamingos are apparently not what they once were, there were plenty around and seeing that many birds was mesmerizing. We also saw big herds of Rothschild's giraffes (a very beautiful subspecies) as well as an abundance of zebras, buffalo, waterbucks, and gazelles. A few lions, jackals, and hyenas also made appearances. We only saw two hippos. According to our guides that was lucky so this site may be a bit mistaken to say hippos are common in the area. While I am not a hardcore birder, there is plenty for birders to enjoy. We saw guinea fowl, African fish eagles, marbou storks, Egyptian geese, a hooded vulture, lilac-breasted rollers, and plenty of others. If you go stay at the Lake Nakuru Lodge. Baboons roam the grounds, there is a waterhole near the restaurant that attracted warthogs and zebras, and there is a great view of the lake. Bring your binoculars!

Female avatar icon Charlotte Brown United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: July 2022 Reviewed: Aug 18, 2022

Email Charlotte Brown  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

4 / 5 4 /5
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Great to see rhinos in real life

Female avatar icon Terry United States flag US       Visited: April 2021 Reviewed: Jun 11, 2021

Email Terry  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

4 / 5 4 /5
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I got to experience a lot while there

Male avatar icon Claudio Salzano Junior Brazil flag BR       Visited: January 2020 Reviewed: Feb 18, 2020

Email Claudio Salzano Junior  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

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Despite the beautiful place we had many raining days and it was no possible to arrive close to the lake.
But the other places was very nice and we saw amazing animals like Rino and red giraffe and elephants!!!

Male avatar icon KO Czech Republic flag CZ       Visited: December 2019 Reviewed: Feb 5, 2020

Email KO  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

4 / 5 4 /5
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It was nice, but slightly lower rate in comparison with Masai Mara National Reserve, in terms of number of animals and size of the area.

Male avatar icon Valter Brazil flag BR       Visited: September 2019 Reviewed: Sep 30, 2019

Email Valter  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

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The rhinos make it worth. Otherwise, there's not much else to offer. Do not expect to see all those flamingos usually seen on travel magazines... They are much easier spotted (and in bigger number) in other lakes.

Female avatar icon Hanna Sweden flag SE       Visited: August 2019 Reviewed: Aug 30, 2019

Email Hanna  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

4 / 5 4 /5
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Nice park and quite a lot of wildlife, especially rhinos which was great.

Male avatar icon Juergen Fichtenau Germany flag DE       Visited: July 2019 Reviewed: Aug 7, 2019

Email Juergen Fichtenau  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

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Plenty of Buffaloes and Rhinos, Flamingos nearly all gone