Lake Nakuru National Park (188km, 73m) was created in 1961 around Lake Nakuru, near Nakuru city. It is best known for its thousands, sometimes millions, of flamingoes resting along the shores. Lake Nakuru National Park started off as a small bird viewing and sport shooting area of migratory birds in the 1950 but has since been expanded and fenced in to protect the population of endangered giraffes and rhinoceros; the park is owned by the National Government of Kenya thus managed by the Kenya Wildlife Services.
Lake Nakuru National Park houses over 56 different mammal species; the mammals include giraffes, monkeys, warthogs, a large population of black and white rhinos, lions, leopards, and buffalos, among others. Lake Nakuru, an alkaline lake, draws birds and wildlife to its shores, and the lake is most renowned for the tens of thousands of flamingoes that can reach over a million at their peaks.
