Lake Nakuru, famous across the world as home to millions of flamingoes, is a shallow alkaline lake in Kenya’s Rift Valley, some 62sq km in extent on the edge of Nakuru Town.  The National Park comprises the lake and its surrounds.  Flamingoes are known to migrate to the other Rift Valley lakes whenever the level is low.

Although Lake Nakuru National Park is primarily a bird sanctuary, the number of animals to be encountered is not negligible.  There is a colony of about twenty five white and black Rhinos, one of the largest concentrations in Kenya.  Rothschild giraffe have been translocated into the park for safety.