Rift Valley Lakes
There are seven lakes of the Rift Valley. These lakes sits in a wide, fertile valley which runs between Addis Ababa and the Kenyan border. This is one of the best parts of Ethiopia for bird watching. Lake Lagano, lake Abiata and Lake Shala are the most popular of the seven – one lake is blue, one silver and one brown. Abiata and Shala form a designated national park, but this doesn’t mean much in practice. Lake Abiata is shallow, with heaps of birds, while Lake Shala sits at the bottom of a 250m deep crater. Lagano is the only lake in Ethiopia which is bilharzia-free, so take a dip while you have the chance. You can also swim at the hot springs at Wondo Genet, south of the three lakes. Towards the Kenyan border, Lakes Abaya and Chamo are thronging with wildlife, especially crocodiles.
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Lake Baringo
Lake Baringo is part of the Great Rift Valley, the Earth's great scar, which in Kenya is fringed by a string of lakes. After the huge Turkana, Baringo is the northernmost and the largest, with 130 kmē. Together with Naivasha, Baringo offers the only freshwater shallow in the Kenyan Rift. This is the traditional home of the Njemps tribe, a unique people who are the only pastoral, cattle herding, tribe who also fish. Among other pastoral tribes such as the Maasai, eating fish is a taboo.
The 129 sq km lake is well stocked with fish, and attracts many Pelicans,
Abijatta-Shalla Lakes National Parks
Abijatta-Shalla Lakes National Park is situated in the Great Rift Valley, 200 kilometers south of Addis Ababa, and in the Lake Langano recreational areas, the Abijatta Shalla lakes National Park attracts numerous visitors. Using Lake Langano as your base, it is an easy trip to visit the National Park, which is 887 square kilometers in size, 482 of these being water.
The altitude of the park ranges from 1540 to 2075 meters, the highest peak being mount Fike, situated between the two lakes. The network of tracks in this park is always developing. At present you can
The Blue Nile Falls
This is an extension of the famous Great Rift Valley, and is easily the most impressive geological formation. The walls of the valley shoot straight up 4000 meters. The gravel and dirt roads somehow manage to traverse this wild place. In Ethiopia people call these falls "Tisissat", which means "water that smokes". The falls drop over a sheer chasm more than 150 feet to the valley below.
The Blue Nile, known as Abay by the Ethiopians, along with the White Nile, feeds the mighty Nile river that flows through Egypt. For the last half of the
Mago National Park
Mago National Park is situated in the Omo Valley. This valley is a smaller part of the Great Rift Valley system. The highest point on the northern part of the park is called Mount Mago and has an altitude of 2528 meters (8292 ft.) the Mago river starts at the foot of mount Mago to join the Omo river after a long journey. The Neri river which joins Mago river in the Central Mago Park is frequented by elephants and buffaloes from the surrounding area in short supply of water.
Mago National Park can be accessed after 540kms
Travel Guide : Cameroon
Cameroon is bordered by Nigeria, Chad, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and the Gulf of Guinea. The terrain of the country is reminiscent of many other parts of Africa. Its mountains are similar to those of Rwanda, the grasslands in the northern part of the country evoke the savannas in Tanzania, its southern rain forests and jungles are somewhat like the Congo's, its volcanic highlands are akin to those surrounding the Great Rift Valley, and its beaches are reminiscent of those of the Seychelles. Especially in the mountainous north, the land is visually
