The Park spans an attractive range of wooded and bush grassland around the lake, offering wide ecological diversity, from lake water, woodland to the rocky escarpment and ridges. Notable game within the lake is hippo and the diverse birdlife. On the shores roam waterbuck, Bohors Reedbuck and zebra. The woodlands and forest are now home to both black and white rhino. In 1987 only two black rhino remained following the ravages of poaching. By creating a rhino sanctuary within the Park and reintroducing a breeding herd from Laikipia, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has now successfully re-established rhino in the park.