Lake Bogoria National Reserve

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The insider's travel guide to Lake Bogoria National Reserve

North of the city of Nakuru, Lake Bogoria is a soda lake, so when conditions are right, it attracts tens of thousands of flamingos. Unfortunately, with water rushing in recent years, the flamingos are a less common sight.

Lake Bogoria National Reserve is worth visiting, having a thermally active western side where you can see geysers and hot springs that bubble up out of the ground around the lake.

At Lake Boringo you can go on boat rides to see hippos, crocodiles and fish eagles. The park also has a rare herd of greater kudu as well as species including zebras, cheetahs, warthogs and hyenas living there.

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Two hours drive north of the city of Nakuru, Lake Bogoria is another of Kenya’s Rift Valley soda lakes and as such when conditions are ideal it attracts tens of thousands of flamingos. Unfortunately, recent years have seen the lake waters rising and the flamingos are a less common sight than they once were. Even so, this out of the way park is worth visiting just to see the hot springs that bubble up out of the ground around the lake. A little further north still is delightful Lake Baringo. It’s not officially protected but it’s a laid back spot to kick back and go on boat rides to see hippos, crocodiles and fish eagles.

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Decolonising African travel—and travel writing

Mazuba Kapambwe

Travel writing in Africa has always been an overwhelmingly white affair. Early accounts from 19th century explorers like Henry Morton Stanley and fiction writers like Joseph Conrad depicted Africa as uncivilised, mysterious and barbaric, reflecting the racist attitudes that underpinned European empire building.