Rift Valley Lakes

 

Like a chain of pearls the lakes cover the bottom of the Rift Valley which stretches out from Syria to Mozambique and has a width of 50km. All the Lakes are full of fish like Tilapia and Nile Perch and thus attract many different bird species, so they are a paradise for bird watchers. But they are also ideal places for a real vacation with relaxing, swimming, boat trips, fishing, watching crocodiles and hippo's and enjoying the serene, romantic scene, specially at sunset, with only the voices of the birds or crickets as back ground music.

 

Coming from Addis Ababa, you first pass a man-made lake where the Koka Dam provides electricity for the capital. Not long after passing this lake, the first Rift Valley Lake comes in sight: