The history of Lake Nakuru National Park (LNNP) started in 1961 when the Southern Part of the lake was designated as a Bird sanctuary under management of the Kenya National Park. Present park size is through various land acquisitions and boundary alterations supported by the then World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Kenya Government. In 1964, the bird sanctuary was extended to include the whole lake and a strip of land around the Lake. Incidentally, the present park Headquarters reflect this acquisition. In 1968, further extension of the park boundary was made and officially gazetted as a National park. 1973 saw Netherlands WWF sign a conservation agreement with the Kenya Government that was instrumental in the acquiring of more land for the park in 1974 with further boundary alterations resulting in present size. In 1976, the park boundary was fenced with a chainlink, and then reinforced later in 1986 with a high powered solar fence through funds raised by Rhino Rescue Trust (U.K.). This was the precursor to the declaration of the park as a Rhino Sanctuary in 1987 and the first 16 black rhinos were translocated from Solio ranch, adding to the two resident ones. Four more black ones were brought in from Nairobi National Park in 1990 and two white rhinos were introduced from Lewa Downs. Further 10 white ones were brought in from South Africa in 1995. In 1974, Rothchild giraffes were introduced from Soy plains of Eldoret; whose population has been rising resulting to some being donated to Uganda in 1996 and Soysambu Estates. Lake Nakuru was declared a Ramsar site in 1990 - a wetland of international importance; Kenya having been a signatory to the convention. If you would like further information please This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .