This park which is 188 sq Kms surrounds Lake Nakuru which is one of the lakes found in the Great Rift Valley . It's next to Nakuru Town . The lake itself is Alkaline and is 62 sq Km. It is 140 Km from Nairobi . It can be reached by tarmac Road and there is also an airstrip. Major attractions are birds (450 species) especially the flamingo (greater and lesser) and animals.
The hotels here are Lake Nakuru lodge and Sarova Lion Hill Lodge. There are also various Banda and camping sites.

Aardwolf; Ant Bear; Baboon, Olive; Bat, African Mouse eared; Bat, African Trident; Bat, Angola Free-tailed; Bat, Banana; Bat, Epauletted Fruit; Bat, False Vampire; Bat, Hollow-faced; Bat, Lander's Horseshoe; Bat, Lesser Leaf-nosed; Bat, Long-eared Leaf nosed; Bat, Rousette Fruit; Bat, Yellow-bellied; Bat, Yellow-winged; Buffalo African; BushBaby; Bushbuck; Cat, African Wild; Cheetah; Civet, African; Colobus, Black and White; Dik-dik, Kirk's; Dog, Hunting; Duiker, Bush; Eland; Fox, Bat-eared; Gazelle, Grant's; Gazelle, Thomson's; Genet, Large-spotted; Genet, Small-spotted; Giraffe, Rothschild's; Hare, African; Hippopotamus; Hyaena, Spotted; Hyrax, Rock; Hyrax, Tree; Impala; Jackal, Black-backed; Jackal, Side-striped; Klipspringer; Leopard; Lion; Mongoose, Dwarf; Mongoose, Marsh; Mongoose, Slender; Mongoose, White-tailed; Monkey, Black faced Vervet; Monkey, Sykes; Pangolin, Lesser Ground; Rat, Cane; Ratel; Reedbuck, Bohor; Reedbuck, Chanler's; Rhinoceros, Black; Serval; Shrew, Giant White-toothed; Shrew, Spectacled Elephant; Steinbok; Waterbuck, Defassa; Zebra, Common.

Flamingo (Lesser and Greater), Egyptian goose, Great white pelican, Cattle egret, Blacksmith plover, Great white egret, Sacred ibis, Hammerkop, Sandpipers, Black winged stilt, Grey heron, Yellow billed stork, Little Grebe, Great cormorant, Hadada ibis, King fishers, African spoonbill, Green shank, African snipe, African Jacana, African fish-eagle, Marabou stork, Tawny eagle, European roller, Ox peckers, Bee eaters, Secretary bird, Ground hornbill, Ostrich, Augur buzzard, Martial eagle, Kori bustard, Fiscal shrike, Drongo, Starling, Guinea fowls, Yellow necked spurfowl, Mourning dove.