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Lake Nakuru, a shallow alkaline body of water, lies on a paved road, making it an easy two-hour drive from Nairobi, 100 miles south. Flamingos, often more than 1 million, literally turn its shores pink, a world famous spectacle, while feeding on the abundant algae that thrives in the warm waters. The park is a bird watchers paradise. More than 400 other species, including Pelicans,

African fish eagles, white-winged black terns, stilts, avocets, ducks, and in the American winter, the migrant waders, reside on the lake and in the park, too.

The national park surrounds the lake, offering wide ecological diversity, from lakeshore, woodland, and grassy plains to rocky escarpments and ridges. Recently enlarged to provide a sanctuary for the black rhinoceros, now it boasts one of the largest concentrations of rhinoceros in Africa. Rothschild's giraffes, waterbucks, zebras, elands, warthogs, impalas, mountain reedbucks, dik diks and Cape buffalos are common. Like the lions of Lake Manyara, Lake Nakuru National Park's lions are often seen in the acacia trees.