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Menengai Crater
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The crater rim, at 2,278 meters, offers the clearest views before 9 a.m., when the two lakes in the valley are still fully visible before the fog rolls in. The dry season between June and September guarantees the widest horizons.
Savjeti za budžet
Entrance tickets cost around 300 Kenyan shillings for locals and 1,000 shillings for foreign tourists, not including vehicle parking. Save money by sharing a taxi or joining a group tour, and bring your own drinking water because prices at the stalls at the top jump two-fold.
Preporučeno za
Hikers and nature walkers, Landscape photographers, Lovers of geology and folklore, Couples seeking sunrise panoramas
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2-3 hours
O atrakciji
Brze činjenice: Kaldera široka 12 kilometara sa strmim zidovima visokim 300 metara nastala je od silovite erupcije prije oko 8.000 godina. Narod Masai u stara vremena vjerovao je da dno kratera nastanjuju zli duhovi, te su ubijena koplja bacali u njega kao posljednji ukop.
Istaknuto: Bijela para koja se diže iz pukotina na dnu kratera ukazuje da vulkan još uvijek "gori", a njegova toplota iskorištava se za proizvodnju 400 megavata struje. Rub kratera na 2.278 metara visine nudi panoramu dva jezera, Nakuru i Elementaitu, koja iz visine izgledaju sasvim male.
Insajderski savjeti
- Bring a thick jacket and a hat because the crater rim is very windy and temperatures can drop drastically at an altitude of 2,278 meters.
- When the fog rolls in, wait 20-30 minutes in the shade, as the wind usually clears the fog and opens up the view again.
- The most dramatic photo spot is the edge near the parking area, where the caldera wall drops vertically hundreds of meters to the crater floor.
- For a memorable experience, hire a local guide to hear the stories of the Maasai people while walking the trail to the viewpoint.
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