Tag: Zebra
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Lake Nakuru National Park

After breakfast, we headed to our next destination Lake Nakuru National Park. Since it was early in the day, Franco took us for a game drive before heading to our lodge. He told us that the park was established in 1961 and covers an area of 73 sq miles (188 sq kilometers.) Nakuru means “Dust…
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Into the Great Rift Valley

The Great Rift Valley is a series of contiguous geographic rifts and faults, approximately 4,300 miles (7,000 kilometers) in total length, which runs from Lebanon in Asia to Mozambique in Southeast Africa. Formed over 35 million years ago, the faults contain numerous volcanoes and lakes. The Eastern Rift runs from Ethiopia through Kenya and into…