The Waterfalls
Don't you hate being miserably hot with nothing to do about it?! Here in Africa it's probably more of a reality than a lot of other places like the States. The Lake Natron area is on of the hottest most desolate areas I know of. But in this area, you're not without ways to cool off. There is a river called Ngare Sero that comes flowing out through a canyon in the rift valley wall. This beautiful crystal-clear river is natures perfect refreshment for a place like this.
Despite how wonderful it is to find that lovely river to plop your feet into, it gets much better. With a fairly easy thirty to forty-five minute walk up that river, you come to two astounding waterfalls, one a few minutes farther than the first. I mentioned these waterfalls in the last blog about Oldonyo LeNgai. These waterfalls are the perfect solution to restoring and refreshing your mind and reviving your body from the shriveled up and dehydrated feeling it gets from the heat.
Now, the waterfall does not come from the river itself. It trickles into the river from a spring. It comes down a bank, covered in moss and topped with lush palm trees, and gently trickles, from a number of places, into the river. When I say gently trickles, I mean that that's the look it has and the impression it gives. It really is fairly powerful and it stings you to stand under it.
The second waterfall, in my opinion, is much better than the first. The first one only wets your appetite. It has a deeper pool to swim in (though still shallow), more falls, and another waterfall that IS made by the river itself. I love this one because, even though it's smaller. It's a lot more powerful. So you can push yourself towards it as far as possible (not very far) and then let it push you away down the river.
So if you're ever in that area and you're sweating buckets in the shade, check out the waterfalls!
Sometime I would also like to hike to the source of the spring that creates the waterfalls. I know some people who have done it and they all say that it's way better than the waterfalls.
posted by Superman Digital Movement @ 6:00 AM
5 Comments:
wow so pretty. i hiked up to the waterfall up eton canyon yesturday. it was so pretty. guess what?!.... I jumped off from the highest spot possible! so scary. but so amazing. you feel like your floating in the air for so long
That's soooo awesome! that was a really cool waterfall. How high so you think the spot that you jumped off was? I haven't done any cliff jumping for a long time, i dont know of any place to do it here, but i love it.
i'm not sure i'm guessing about 45 feet, but i'm always really bad at guessing the hight of things. i think it feels more than that becausee your jumping into a small pool so you have to aim pretty well. its seems to be alot easier to jump into the ocean. oh man we own two xr 400's now!!!! i'll send you some photos. can't wait to see you
i cant believe you have TWO 400's!!!!!!!!! it will be so awesomt to have all those bikes over here. Oh, i just cant wait!!!!!!!! we have a track, its really cool. I think you'll like it. Man, it's too good to be true! so do you have 3 bikes all together? colin has like a 125 right?
yep! three all togther!!!!! hurray for us moving to tanzania!
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