Kenya · Africa
Lake Naivasha and the Rift Valley lakes
Freshwater and soda lakes with fish eagles and, at times, flamingo flocks.
Photo: undeklinable from España · CC BY-SA 2.0
When to go
- JanJanuary: Best
- FebFebruary: Best
- MarMarch: Poor or no data
- AprApril: Poor or no data
- MayMay: Poor or no data
- JunJune: Best
- JulJuly: Best
- AugAugust: Best
- SepSeptember: Best
- OctOctober: Good
- NovNovember: Poor or no data
- DecDecember: Good
BestGoodFair
Flamingo numbers move between lakes with water levels.
Why go
Lake Naivasha is a freshwater lake in Kenya, outside the town of Naivasha in Nakuru County, north west of Nairobi in the Great Rift Valley. The name derives from the local Maasai name ɛnaɨpɔ́sha , meaning "that which heaves," a common Maasai word for bodies of water large enough to have wave action when it is windy or stormy. Naivasha arose from a British attempt to pronounce the Maasai name.
Background from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
