Lake Nakuru National Park is only 6km from the centre of Nakuru town. As you drive down the road to the main gate under the Pink Flamingo street lights the first sights are the scattering of local people lying in the sun with baboons meters away patrolling the grass for food, both completely oblivious to each other’s existence.
The vervet monkeys attach themselves to the vehicles waiting to enter the park, stealing food when you turn you back. They are not afraid of jumping in the window to steal food even if you are seated in the car. They are very cheeky monkeys.
We start our patrol of the park through the fever trees to try our luck at spotting l eopards. Even though Leopards are numerous in the park they are the hardest of the big five to spot. When they are found a plethora of vehicles descend to the sight to get a photo of this elusive animal. A Leopard was spotted that afternoon and was soon surrounded by a multitude of white vans, the advantage of ‘Shaggy’ is that it is higher than the vans and we get an unobscured view of this beautiful animal.
Next to take the stage was the white rhino, easily spotted on the grassy plains as they are massive animals. So many were seen in our two game drives that we didn’t even stop anymore for photos as it was just another rhino.
A day spent in Lake Nakuru National Park cannot be complete without at least one photo of the Flamingos that reside on the lake. To top it all, a couple of lions walking by the truck just minutes before our departure through the main gates of the park. All in all, not a bad experience in this small National Park and completed our hunt for the ‘Big 5’, Elephant, Rhino, Buffalo, Lion and Leopard. . . all seen in less than a week.
Tip of the day: Do NOT sleep during game drives, you may miss something special!
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