An African Safari vacation, or more specifically going on a Kenya Safari can take you to many different parts of Kenya, and to many absolutely delightful Parks and Reserves, where many thousands of excited visitors will have the opportunity to see and get near some wild animals that they have only ever seen before in a zoo or on television.
This article exists to inform you about the Great Rift Valley, and give you reasons to ensure it is on your itinerary when you next take an African Safari Vacation in Kenya.
The Great Rift Valley is really one of the great wonders of the world, and it can be seen as far north as the Middle East, and then this gigantic fault line goes down through Africa as far as Mozambique, a distance of around 5400 miles in length.
It is impossible to describe the sensation when you first see it in Kenya, or do justice to what it feels like when you approach the Great Rift Valley, and the ground just vanishes from under you, as this great Rift opens up, cutting Kenya neatly in half, separating East from West.
To give you some idea of the scale of the Great Rift Valley where hopefully you are going to choose to spend at least a part of your Africa Safari Vacation In some places the Rift is 60 miles wide, and its narrowest point it is 27 miles wide.
In the south the valley walls are sheer cliffs rising to over 6000 feet at Lake Naivasha.
There are three national reserves in the Rift Valley are all in the remote area north of Isiolo and they are the Samburu, Buffalo Spring and Shaba, which are accessible with only a little difficulty.
Something not to be missed are the Lakes area of the Great Rift Valley, and the descent to explore them in the floor of the Rift.
The first is the beautiful deep green Lake Naivasha, and the Lake Naivasha basin hold two small National Parks.
The first Park in the area is the Mount Longonot National Park which rises up to over two thousand seven hundred metres around a young volcano.
The next park is Hell's Gate which is famous for natural Hot Geysers, and is relatively small at 68 square kilometres.
Going northwest you come next to Lake Nakaru and its world famous park made to protect the pink lesser flamingo.
This is followed by Lake Bogoria, and the reserve here is almost all lake which has huge interest to ornithologists.
Then finally we come to the tiny Lake Kamnarok Reserve with a 4000 foot deep valley.
This brief description whilst not covering anything like all of the Great Rift Valley has hopefully at least given you a taste of what a Kenya Safari here could take in, and make you want to know more.
With a huge variety of landscapes, things to do and see, lodges, camps and of course wildlife the Great Rift Valley is a must for any Africa Safari Vacation based in Kenya.
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It sits on the Nguruman Escarpment overlooking the vast plains and volcanic hills of the Great Rift Valley in Kenya. In fact it is also very close to the soda Lakes Natron and Nagadi, and lies in the arid no man's land between Kenya and Tanzania in a private conservancy in over thirty thousand acres, overlooking riverine forest and sun baked plains.
If eco tourism is something that matters to you, then the partnership between the owners of Shompole and the local Maasai people is beginning to show results in the goal of creating self sustaining tourism, and the animals are beginning to return in some numbers..
There are eight tented cottages, consisting of four doubles, two twins, and two suites with water being a feature. It flows from a natural spring through each room and then ends in private plunge pools which can be relaxed in, so you can just be mesmerised by the breathtaking views laid out below you. In addition the flowing water acts as a source of cooling.
The rooms themselves have been made of naturally occurring white quartz stone, with pale thatch, Hessian, and fig wood, all the open tented rooms are huge and cooled by the breezes. Naturally they have ensuite facilities, with hot showers on demand and private sun terraces.
The views from everywhere at Shompole are stunning none more so than from the absolutely sensational infinity pool looking out over Shompole mountain.
Shompole is an extraordinary place to spend a part of your Kenya Tanzania Safari, where you can just relax by the pool gazing in wonderment at your surroundings, as you sip a cool drink and read a book.
However you have come to Shombole to see Game, to walk in the Great Rift Valley, and there is ample opportunity for you to do this. There are walks, game drives, river trips on the Ewaso Nyiro River and sundowner visits to lake Natron to see the young flamingos, and you could even witness a leopard as the sun goes down.
The Game Drives are in open 4x4 Toyota Landcruisers.
At Shompole you will be on full board which includes all meals laundry, safaris, airstrip transfers, and all drinks except champagne. The airstrip at Shompole is half an hours flying time from Nairobi, and the same time from the Mara, but if you want to drive it will take you over three hours from Nairobi.
Shompole Lodge is a real wilderness retreat, where you will enjoy great food, great views, a great atmosphere, and possibly have the most fantastic Kenya Tanzania Safari you could possibly ever have. It would be a great place to spend your honeymoon, especially as under normal circumstances there will be no children under the age of twelve.
So don't book your safari holiday in Kenya without closer examination of this particular Kenya Safari Lodge.
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