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Lake
Bogoria & Lake Kamnarok National Reserve
African safari
home
At an altitude of 3.200Ft. and
covering 107 Sq.Kms is 260 Kms from Nairobi is Lake Bogoria. A
spectacular sight with blue skies above its for canopy. The alkaline
waters
support the rose-pink flamingoes by growing blue-green algae,
food for them. Though the flamingoes are seasonal the beauty and
magnificence of the pink-populations covering the lake makes it one of
the famous
Kenya safaris destination for birding and family vacations.
The surrounding bushed grasslands
are home to a number of species. The reserve's herd of the rare Greater
Kudu makes it unique and other game to view includes: buffalo, zebra,
impala, dik dik and many small mammals. The south shore has acacia-ficus
woodland and to the north is a papyrus swamp.
Lake Bogoria was opened in 1970 as a
Kenya safari
destination park and has one lodge, three public campsites, one professional campsite and
one picnic site at the geysers.
Within the same vicinity is
Kamnarok National Reserve opened in June 1983. It has a diverse
landscape with a 4,000 ft deep valley with semi-tropical vegetation on
its slopes contrasting with the dry thorn bush at the base. The main
game to see are bush pigs, waterbuck, buffalo, elephant, Rothschild's
giraffe, dik dik and warthog. Birds are also abundant, mainly water
birds. There is no accommodation within the reserve.
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