Out of Africa Lookout in Lake Nakuru National Park
Out of Africa Lookout- Lake Nakuru National Park is found within central Kenya found within the North-Western Capital of Nairobi and the park is known for the beautiful game drives, bird watching, and beautiful views giving spectacular views.
Lake Nakuru National Park is a home of over 400 bird species and it offers over 50 mammal species which is defined safari tour which is so interesting for you to watch. While in Lake Nakuru National Park you will have a look at different bird species through the bird watching safari activities.
The most birds sighted include Verreaux’s eagle, hamerkop, lesser flamingoes, greater flamingoes, African Fish eagle, Goliath heron, and pied kingfisher among others. Other than, bird watching, you will as well be spot other animals such as the leopards, lions, giraffes, waterbucks, Impalas, rhinos among others. Visitors will also be able to engage in nature walks safaris and sight viewing through picnicking at the different viewpoints which are so important.
One of the important viewpoints within the Lake Nakuru National Park is the Out of Africa Lookout viewpoint. Out of African Lookout within Lake Nakuru National Park is found in the southwestern side of the Lake Nakuru shores along the western border of the Park which is found on the south of the Lake Nakuru National Park main Gate.
The Out of Africa Lookout is one of the magnificent scenic views of the park and it provides beautiful sceneries to the entire corners of the Park and the adjacent surrounding lakes. The Out of Africa Lookout is a rocky spot that is a bit steep and it’s not easy to climb compared to all other views within the park.
Out of Africa lookout gets its name from the famous movie Out of Africa which is famous for popularized the beauty and serenity of Africa causing the growth in the number of tourists who can be visited any time of the year. Tourists visiting the Lake Nakuru National Park always are interested in having a glimpse at these viewpoints which were displayed within the Movie.
Out of Africa Lookout was part of the Lake Nakuru National Park which appeared in the film and hence the name out of Africa lookout. The shoot and features of this place within the movie were so important and spectacular to watch and this attracted more tourists who are interested in coming out to watch out this wonderful place within the Lake Nakuru National Park which was so wonderful within the movie.
The views within the park were also romantic producing beautiful scenes and thus people associate this wonderful viewpoint with romance.
Though the Out of Africa Lookout is so famous, it is less visited compared to the baboon cliff within the Lake Nakuru National Park and the problem is that the place is so steep and it is high and higher than all other viewpoints. Out of Africa Lookout is a bit steeper compared to other baboon cliffs and thus people make it easy to go and climb the viewpoints that are easily accessible.
However, the tourists who brave the steep slope and climb this viewpoint get the best worst experience that includes the romantic spots that are featured in the Out of Africa movie. People that visit the viewpoints experience beautiful sceneries and wonderful views of the Lake Nakuru National Park and the surrounding areas.
While on the Out of Africa Lookout you will enjoy the beautiful sceneries of the soda lake Nakuru deep alkaline water including its occupants such as flamingoes and other bird species including the enter Lake Nakuru National Park and community as well as its surroundings. The hiking of this viewpoint is so much physical and it provides you with physical fitness because it is a bit steep.
The fact that Out of Africa Lookout is on a high elevation above other view park points gives beautiful chances for exciting and wonderful picnics, game viewing, bird watching, and wonderful views of the park.
Like any other view sport within the Lake Nakuru National Park, the place is full of sitting facilities and better washrooms which are used for those visiting the viewpoints.
Out of Africa Lookout can be accessed from Lake Nakuru National Park main gate by driving your car and it will take just 30 to 40 minutes as you drive to the woodlands from the Lake Nakuru National Park Main Gate to this wonderful viewpoint.
There is only one Airstrip around Lake Nakuru National Park which is known as the Naishi airstrip but this is far from Out of Africa Lookout and thus you need to get to the viewpoint to enjoy the wonderful scenes of the park within the Lake Nakuru National Park
