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Best Time to visit Lake Nakuru National Park

Best Time to visit Lake Nakuru National Park

Best Time to visit Lake Nakuru National Park

What is the best time to visit Lake Nakuru National Park? This park is an incredible destination where every tourist would like to be on the African continent. The park is not only limited to bird watching safaris but to other safari activities that include game drive safaris, sightseeing, and nature walk safaris.

Lake Nakuru National Park is full of beautiful and exciting features that give visitors a feel of African wildness while in Lake Nakuru National Park for the safari.

Lake Nakuru National Park is found with the Great Rift Valley and it boasts unique weather and climatic conditions that make it possible for visitors to visit Lake Nakuru National Park any time they fell.

Like any other place in Kenya, Lake Nakuru National Park experiences 2 weather seasons which include the rainy season and the dry season. These two types of weather are experienced within two seasons each with short and long spells all year round.

The short rain period runs from April to June and then from October to early December then the short dry seasons in Lake Nakuru National Park happens from September to January then to march.

Sometimes the average conditions of the park are stable that is it is neither too hot nor too wet and this is what we call a semi-humid kind of climate. This implies that if the conditions are not rainy they are dry however the Lake Nakuru National Park is favorable able for the tourists willing to explore it all day through and any time of the year.

Though the park favors safari activities all the year-round, we have to find out the best time when to go and visit Lake Nakuru National Park

The time of the year when the tourists are common in Lake Nakuru National Park is January, March, February, July, August September, and October. The reason is that these months present the best time when the conditions are dry and the fore more people like exploring the park within this period which tends to crate useful deeds and results during the safari.

During the dry season, the grass with the Lake Nakuru National Park is short and not rapidly grown. The trails also within the park are passable and don’t give the car a hard time negotiating through muddy conditions. And even most of the animals are free to move around the park during the dry season and some of them are hiding in shaded because of too much sunshine.

The dry season also presents the best opportunities especially for the visitors who are in for the camping and picking areas within Lake Nakuru National Park since there is minimal rainfall to interact with camping activities.

The mount of April, May, November, and December attracts few tourists to Lake Nakuru National Park and this is because these months receive heavy rainfall and are known as wet months of the year. The rainy season is not a popular tourist season for the tourists because it slightly affects some of the tourist’s activities especially within Lake Nakuru National Park and to avoid bad experiences we always advise our visitors to travel during the dry season.

Despite some of the activities that may be affected by the rainy season in Lake Nakuru National Park, not all the activities are affected by the rainfall and because Lake Nakuru National Park experiences the semi-humid type of climate, even during the rainy season, the weather conditions may be moderate allowing some safari activities to continue.

Another good advantage of the Lake Nakuru National Park is that the park is fenced and even if it rains, animals cannot migrate but rather you can still spot them during the safari game drives inside the park.

The rainy period is popularly known as the place when the lake Nakuru is full of flamingo birds because of the abundance of the food species and this is the time when the migratory birds also do come to Lake Nakuru National Park therefore visitors who would like to visit Lake Nakuru National Park for bird watching then the rainy season is the best time for when you should come for the bird watching in Lake Nakuru National Park.

The months of June, up to September, and early late December to February are regarded as dry months in Lake Nakuru National Park. These months are characterized by moderate rains and this is the best time when a tourist can consider visiting Lake Nakuru National Park for safari activities.

Therefore, the best time to visit Lake Nakuru National Park depends basically on the activities that you now engage in since there are those activities that are good when it’s rainy season and those that are good during the dry season.

Lake Nakuru National Park is a destination park that you should not miss when it comes to game drive safaris and bird watching adventures. The park is found in central Kenya northwestern of Nairobi city and it takes 3 to 4 hours to reach Lake Nakuru National Park from Nairobi capital city.

Lake Nakuru National Park has over 50 species of mammals and over 400 species of bird but mostly great known for the flamingo birds. Therefore we encourage you not to hesitate but to contact us on Africa Adventure Vacations for all the required information about the best time to travel to Lake Nakuru National Park and all related and reliable information that you would like to know.

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