Thomson's Falls is a beautiful waterfall at the Ewaso Nyiro River in Central Kenya. Located on outskirts of Nyahururu town, the waterfall is 74 meters (243 feet) high. One of the biggest hippo pools of Kenya is located up stream from the falls. It’s possible to view the falls from above, and there’s also a trail down to the bottom of the ravine.
The Thomson’s Falls gets it’s name from Joseph Thomson, a naturalist and geologist from Scotland who discovered it in 1887 when he walked all the way from Mombasa to Lake Victoria.
On 16th July, i made a visit to this attractive site with my fellow classmates and it was an experience of a lifetime. The beauty of the falls is intriguing.
Travelling from Nakuru it was nice to see the ever changing landscape and vegetation. Tea and coffee plantations merged with the lush forests, colours of Africa that fight for attention in your head, around every corner another view which makes you want to stop and enjoy. Crossing the Equator and experiencing the cold climate in that area was wonderful.The view of the Great Rift Valley was breathtaking and such a great experience.We made a stop over at the Great Rift valley view and took some photos.
On arrival at the site, after paying an entrance fee of ksh.50 we started our journey in trailing down to the bottom of the ravine. We wanted to get the view of the fall from below.
A series of stones leads down to the bottom of the ravine. There are some fantastic walks downstream through the forested valley of the Ewaso Narok River. We got down while taking photos and when we reached the bottom of the ravine we were all wet.It was such an adventure and the feeling was great.
Apart from the falls, one of the biggest hippo pools of Kenya is located up stream about 2km from the falls.The hippos live in water but in the evenings, they do come to the shores of the pool to feed on the grass. There is a theory from the residents of that area that, incase of noise from the surroundings, the hippos do submerge from the waters, this is quite interesting.
