Menengai Crater

Rift Valley · Kenya

Menengai Crater, Kenya
Photo: Tr Brian mwangi, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
June to September and January to February, in dry weather
Budget
$
Coordinates
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One of the largest calderas in the world looms directly above the town of Nakuru, its 12-kilometer-wide floor filled with lava flows and steaming geothermal vents. Viewpoints on the rim are reachable by road, and trails drop into the crater for longer hikes.

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