Day 52 - Great Rift Valley, Kenya Point of departure : Nairobi Point of arrival : Lake Naivasha Accommodation: rooftop tent - Fisherman's Camp, Lake Naivasha (www.fishermanscamp.com) Km travelled today: 126 km Cum: 9 151km (gravel 0km cum 2 283km) Countries so far: 6/16 Where to next? Timau, Central Highlands Total number of photos taken: 20 (cum 2 775) The Rift Valley in Kenya is part of the Afro-Arabian rift system that stretches 9600km from Israel to M...

Day 47 to 51 - 16th to 20th December - Kenya Point of departure : Amboseli National Park Point of arrival : Nairobi Accommodation: rooftop tent - Jungle Junction, Nairobi (email Chris at [email protected]) GPS co-ordinates S 01 17 325E 36 45 635 Km travelled today: 229 km Cum 8 925: km (gravel 68 km cum 2 283 km) Countries so far: 6/16 Where to next? Rift Valley area Total number of photos taken: 195 (cum 2 755) Leaving Tortilis, we were advised of...

Olgulului Primary School and Embarangoi School Project (source Tortilis Camp Ltd) Further to Tortilis' stand on eco-tourism and belief in the importance of education to the conservation effort, Tortilis has undertaken to raise funds for their local schools. In this way, not only can they help by providing much needed supplies such as books, desks, blackboards, paint, better housing facilities etc, but at the same time it demonstrates to the children the import...

Day 45 to 46 -14th to 15th December -into Kenya Point of departure : Arusha Point of arrival : Amboseli National Park, Kenya Accommodation: Tortilis Tented Camp (www.tortilis.com) Km travelled today: 196 km Cum: 8 696km (gravel 98kmcum 2 215km) Countries so far: 6/16 Where to next? Nairobi Total number of photos taken: 194 (cum 2 560) (background information source Bradt Guide to Kenya) A 07h30 departure… it felt so good to be back on the road again! ...

KENYA THE COUNTRY Fancy a little history and geography lesson …. read on, if not skip and move onto the next blog entry.(Source:www.worldmapmaker.com The Flag (adopted 12 December 1963 ) (source: worldflags.com) Flag : three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red and green, the red band is edged in white; a large warrior's shield covering crossed spears is superimposed at the centre. Meaning: the Black represents the African people.Red stands for the st...