Lake Bogoria National Reserve

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Anthony Ham –

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Anthony is a photographer and writer for travel magazines and Lonely Planet, including the guides to Kenya and Botswana & Namibia.

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Lake Bogoria: The Flamingo’s New Home?

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The massed flocks of greater and lesser flamingos – up to two million in a good year – for years made this one of the best lakes in the Rift Valley to see one of Kenya’s most memorable spectacles. Honking in the shallows and all but concealing the alkaline lake’s waters, the flamingos for the most part stuck close to the shoreline of this 34km-long lake. At the time of writing the number of flamingos was fluctuating greatly from one year to the next. Check with your safari operator or another local source before making a visit here. If the flamingos are indeed present in large numbers, it really is a sight to behold and should on no account be missed. On the other hand, if the flamingos aren’t present, there’s very little reason to visit: thanks to growing human and livestock encroachment into the reserve, you’d be lucky to see zebra, impala or warthog, if indeed you see anything at all. The western shore is also home to hot springs and the largest number of geysers of any lake in Africa.

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