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Hyena and flamingos at Lake Nakuru National Park
Hyena and flamingos at Lake Nakuru National Park
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Nakuru is the fourth biggest city in Kenya and the provincial capital of its Rift Valley Province. The city is also the district capital of Nakuru District. It has a population of around 300,000 people (2011 estimate).

Guide to Nakuru Hotels

Here's a list of hotels in Nakuru that you can book online, with full description, star rating, address, location map, evaluation, and prices as offered by different booking sites. This helps you to make your room booking with the site that offers the best price.


Nakuru, Kenya
Nakuru, Kenya
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More on Nakuru

Nakuru is the educational center in central Kenya. Visitors come here on their way to Lake Nakuru National Park. The town itself is a pleasant East African with some tourist attractions nearby.

Although human habitation in the Nakuru area goes back to the prehistoric period, the town itself was founded at the end of the 19th century. It became a municipality in 1952.

Visiting Nakuru

You can reach Nakuru by plane, train and bus from Nairobi.


Giraffes at Lake Nakuru National Park
Giraffes at Lake Nakuru National Park
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Places of Interest in Nakuru

  1. Hyrax Hill Prehistoric Site
    Neolithic site located 4 km west of Nakuru discovered by paleontologist Louis Leakey in 1926.

  2. Lake Nakuru National Park
    National park protecting Lake Nakuru, famous for its massive number of flamingos.

  3. Menengai Crater
    Crater of a massive shield volcano within the Great Rift Valley. It has one of the biggest calderas in the world.

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