Is Lake Nakuru Worth Visiting? NO & Here’s Why


When planning to come to a Kenyan Safari, one of the destinations on your list might include Lake Nakuru National Park. Being a small park and a bit of a distance from the capital, Nairobi, you may have wondered if Lake Nakuru National park is worth visiting.

Lake Nakuru is only worth visiting if you have not yet gone to the Masai Mara or one of the other larger parks. This is because Lake Nakuru National park is a small park which you can view in about 3 hours. It will feel anticlimactic if you visit it after spending several days in one of the other larger national parks like the Masai Mara and the long drive to get there may not be with it for you. In this article, I will talk about when I think Lake Nakuru is not worth visiting. I will also give the pros and cons of the park to help you figure out if this park is for you. It’s been a while since I visited this park so to improve the quality of this article, I looked through a number of forums and also made a call to the Kenya Wildlife Service to get their take as well. Read the full travel article here. 

Lake Nakuru