Lake Nakuru's individual geography and geological ancient times it holds trance for geologists, naturalists, botanists, ornithologists and preservationists. Of course, wherever location is excitement to discipline in attendance is also asking to the maybe smaller quantity experimental species among us, the tourist, who is no the less curious for new and out of the ordinary statistics .
50 Million age ago subterranean forces ripped obscure the earth's crust creating a formed gap crossed the opencut of the terrestrial planet. The crack, noted as the Great Rift Valley, stretches from Syria and Lebanon at one end to Mozambique at the another end. The Red Sea, the Gulf of Jordan and the Gulf of Aden were all definite in the region of and because of the opening. Lake Victoria, along near all the great lakes in Africa, and in fact Lake Nakuru itself, all defined as a product of the rupture. In East Africa, and in demanding in Kenya, the two branches of the rift are glorious as the Eastern Rift Valley and the Western Rift Valley, now both boast Kenya Game Reserves. As the loam cracked and tore, mount eruptions displace up huge amounts of liquid pummel. Today the county is static prominent by extinct and live volcanoes, as symptomless as geysers and hot springs.