One of the highlights of my trip to Kenya was visiting Lake Nakuru National Park. You can read and see more at:http://www.kws.go.ke/lake-nakuru-national-park
We were in vans that had the tops pop up so you can look out and see the animals.
We saw the usual African animals except NO lions or elephants. We got there at 7 am. to get an early start.
One of the sad parts was see the trees in the water all white because the water has become alkaline.
In addition, this has caused the disappearance of the flamingoes. The government is doing nothing to combat this problem. Here is an explanation from the web:
Lake Nakuru was traditionally viewed as a flamingo lake par excellence. Several decades ago, up to two million lesser flamingos (maybe a third of the world’s population) could be seen here massing in the warm alkaline water to feed on the abundant blue-green algae cultivated by their own droppings. However, rising water levels in recent years – due to the significant flooding that has affected all the Rift Valley lakes – have caused a big drop in salinity, and the flamingos have simply flocked elsewhere.
Another is that 2 guards are assigned to every rhino because of poaching.
If something happens to the rhino, the guards are held responsible. According to sources, there are 53 rhino in the park.
I also learned that one of the park rangers assigned to the rhino was recently killed by a buffalo. The buffalo had rolled in the white mud and it camouflaged it. She did not see it until she was too close.
Fortunately we stopped at the Lake Nakuru Lodge to use the rest room facilities.
Here is their website: http://www.lakenakurulodge.com/ The one in the park are just pit latrines. The Lodge seems like a beautiful place to stay in the park.
Surprising in July 2015, over 100 animals in the park were killed by anthrax!! This was never mentioned on our tour..http://outbreaknewstoday.com/kenya-anthrax-outbreak-kills-more-than-100-animals-at-lake-nakuru-national-park-66124/
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