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Great Rift Valley
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About twenty million years ago, the length of Africa was cleaved by great subterranean forces, the result being The Great Rift Valley. The most wonderful viewpoints are along the roadside heading north out of Nairobi, close to Nakuru.
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Great Rift Valley
About twenty million years ago, the length of Africa was cleaved by great subterranean forces, the result being The Great Rift Valley. This fault line, some 5,600km (3,500 miles) long, cuts a swathe north to south from Ethiopia's Red Sea through Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Mozambique. In some places it left a string of very large deep lakes such as Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika and Lake Malawi. In others there is a necklace of small shallow ones such as Kenya's Lake Nakuru and Lake Bogoria.
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Viewpoints
Kenya is the best place to view the Rift Valley, because it is at its narrowest here between the Mau Escarpment and the Aberdare mountains - only about 45km (31 miles) across. The most wonderful viewpoints are along the roadside heading north out of Nairobi, close to Nakuru. The other unmissable feature of the Rift Valley lakes in Kenya, are the huge flocks of vivid pink flamingoes.
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Elephants
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Elephants need to consume about 4-6% of their bodyweight every day and must therefore eat for about 16 hours a day. Their digestion is very poor so they eat everything including bark, leaves, grass and shrubs.
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Lake Nakura national Park
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Nakuru means "Dust or Dusty Place" in Maasai language. Lake Nakuru National Park and was established in 1961. Primary forest vegetation is Euphorbia, tall cactus like trees and acacia woodland. The forest region is host to over 400 migratory bird species
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