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Thomson's Falls

Thomson's Falls is a 74 metres waterfall on the Ewaso Ng'iro River in Central Rift Valley Kenya, a few kilometres from Lake Ol Bolossat,… Read more…

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Thomson's Falls
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Walk · 6 min
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Walk · 18 min
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Thomson's Falls is a 74 metres waterfall on the Ewaso Ng'iro River in Central Rift Valley Kenya, a few kilometres from Lake Ol Bolossat, which drains from the Aberdare Range. It is situated 3 kilometres from the town of Nyahururu, at 2,360 metres elevation. In 1883, Joseph Thomson was the first European to reach Thomson Falls and named them for his father. Thomson wrote:

I was impressed mightily by the stupendous thundering of the waters which in magnificent mass plunged down several hundred feet into a fearful gloomy gorge. ... The crevices give support to a splendid drapery of creepers and bushes, the spray from the waters yielding the necessary sustenance. Among other plants wild bananas are to be seen. Thomson was a Scottish geologist and naturalist who became the first European to walk from Mombasa to Lake Victoria in the early 1880s.

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Address Nyahururu, Kenya
Coordinates 0°2'38.851" N, 36°22'13.688" E
Riverside Hotel
Taxi · 8 min
Thomson's Falls
2h
Walk · 6 min
Corner Café
45 min
Walk · 18 min
Riverside Hotel

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