Lake Nakuru National Park is situated approximately 164 kilometers from Nairobi, a two hours drive from Nairobi city. Located on the floor of the Great Rift Valley and surrounded by wooded and bushy grassland, lies the beautiful Lake Nakuru National Park. Visitors can enjoy the wide ecological diversity and varied habitats that range from Lake Nakuru itself to the surrounding escarpment and picturesque ridges. Lake Nakuru National Park is ideal for bird watching, hiking, picnic and game drives. The lake also is inhabited by water mammals mainly hippopotamus and clawless otters while the terrestrial part of the park supports a large number of other African plain mammals. The park is also a sanctuary of rhinoceros and the Rothschild’s Giraffe. The introduction of a species of salt-tolerant Tilapiagrahami (for mosquito control) opened the way for the colonization of the lake by many species of fish eating birds (Cormorants, pelicans, hamerkop, etc). The park has a large reserve of over 300 species of birds, which make it an ideal site of bird lovers.