An African Safari Vacation Taking In The Great Rift Valley In Kenya

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