| An African Safari vacation, or more | | | | north of Isiolo and they are the |
| specifically going on a Kenya Safari can | | | | Samburu, Buffalo Spring and Shaba, which |
| take you to many different parts of | | | | are accessible with only a little |
| Kenya, and to many absolutely delightful | | | | difficulty. |
| Parks and Reserves, where many thousands | | | | Something not to be missed are the Lakes |
| of excited visitors will have the | | | | area of the Great Rift Valley, and the |
| opportunity to see and get near some | | | | descent to explore them in the floor of |
| wild animals that they have only ever | | | | the Rift. |
| seen before in a zoo or on television. | | | | The first is the beautiful deep green |
| This article exists to inform you about | | | | Lake Naivasha, and the Lake Naivasha |
| the Great Rift Valley, and give you | | | | basin hold two small National Parks. |
| reasons to ensure it is on your | | | | The first Park in the area is the Mount |
| itinerary when you next take an African | | | | Longonot National Park which rises up to |
| Safari Vacation in Kenya. | | | | over two thousand seven hundred metres |
| The Great Rift Valley is really one of | | | | around a young volcano. |
| the great wonders of the world, and it | | | | The next park is Hell's Gate which is |
| can be seen as far north as the Middle | | | | famous for natural Hot Geysers, and is |
| East, and then this gigantic fault line | | | | relatively small at 68 square |
| goes down through Africa as far as | | | | kilometres. |
| Mozambique, a distance of around 5400 | | | | Going northwest you come next to Lake |
| miles in length. | | | | Nakaru and its world famous park made to |
| It is impossible to describe the | | | | protect the pink lesser flamingo. |
| sensation when you first see it in | | | | This is followed by Lake Bogoria, and |
| Kenya, or do justice to what it feels | | | | the reserve here is almost all lake |
| like when you approach the Great Rift | | | | which has huge interest to |
| Valley, and the ground just vanishes | | | | ornithologists. |
| from under you, as this great Rift opens | | | | Then finally we come to the tiny Lake |
| up, cutting Kenya neatly in half, | | | | Kamnarok Reserve with a 4000 foot deep |
| separating East from West. | | | | valley. |
| To give you some idea of the scale of | | | | This brief description whilst not |
| the Great Rift Valley where hopefully | | | | covering anything like all of the Great |
| you are going to choose to spend at | | | | Rift Valley has hopefully at least given |
| least a part of your Africa Safari | | | | you a taste of what a Kenya Safari here |
| Vacation In some places the Rift is 60 | | | | could take in, and make you want to know |
| miles wide, and its narrowest point it | | | | more. |
| is 27 miles wide. | | | | With a huge variety of landscapes, |
| In the south the valley walls are sheer | | | | things to do and see, lodges, camps and |
| cliffs rising to over 6000 feet at Lake | | | | of course wildlife the Great Rift Valley |
| Naivasha. | | | | is a must for any Africa Safari Vacation |
| There are three national reserves in the | | | | based in Kenya. |
| Rift Valley are all in the remote area | | | | |