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You can go on a one day lake nakuru national park bird watching tours if you have a free day in nairobi and you are an avid bird watcher. The trip to nakuru is very exciting in itself since it passes through the great rift valley and several volcanic mountains on the way. Lake Nakuru Flamingos Bird Watching Tours from Nairobi Lake Nakuru National Park is located 140km North West of Nairobi on the great rift valley floor. The lake is among the 7 lakes on the floor of the rift valley in Kenya and it is a salty lake owing to the alkaline nature of the waters of the lake. The park consists mainly of the lake and the dru grassland savannah with intermittent bushy shrubs and rocky hills. Lake Nakuru supports a large selection of birds including the Flamingos (greater and lesser) and more than 56 mammal species and 450 species of birds. The size of the lake ranges from 5 - 25sq km depending on the seasonal rainfalls. Lake Nakuru Ecosystem and landforms The vegetation is mainly wooded and wooded savannah with wide ecological diveristy from the lake waters, the savannah grassland to the hilly ricky escarpments. The lake water is alkaline and supports a blue-green algae bloom which is the main food for the flamingos. There are more than 1-2 million flamingos in lake nakuru at any one time. Lake Nakuru is a world protected RAMSAR site under the UNEP which means its a protected wetland area. Further, lake Nakuru is among the most rich Important Bird Areas IBAs due to the heavy population of birds that it supports including flamingos, pelicans, geese, bills, and many more. Lake Nakuru national park is also a very successful Rhino Sanctuary with a large population of Black and white rhinos. It is only in lake nakuru national park that you have the best chance of seeing a Rhino. Best One Day Lake Nakuru Flamingos Birding Tours around Nairobi Lake Nakuru is therefore the ultimate for your one day bird watching safari in kenya since you will get to see hundreds of birds in the lake and the sorrounding forest. You will be able to drive to the lake and disembark from your vehicle at the lake to take videos of the flamingos and photos at a very close range since the birds prefer feeding from the edges of the lake. Lake nakuru also offers many other animals that you can see on the game drive including the lions, hippos, giraffes, leopards, ostrich, zebra, buffalo, hyenas, dik dik, impala, grants gazelle, baboons, waterbucks, rhinos, and many more. A bird watching day trip to Lake nakuru Kenya takes about 2.5hrs from nairobi and the game drive lasts for 4hrs with a return trip to nairobi before dusk. You will also have lunch at the best five star lodge in the park the Lion Hill Sarova lodge. This is the best one day lake nakuru kenya birdwatching safari tour from nairobi. Sojourns Safaris offers you One (1) Day Nairobi city tours to all these attractions. To find out more on the One Day Nairobi tours, click here : Best Bird Watching Tour to Lake Nakuru or here: Best One Day Lake Nakuru Flamingo Bird Watching Tours
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