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East Africa is considered to be the “Cradle of Mankind” where a species of Homosapiens took tentative steps in an upright position. East Africa is
a land of many contrasts, semi-desert, snow-capped mountains (Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya)on the Equator, Huge Lakes like Lake Victoria which is among the contributing sources of River Nile among Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, and Burundi. The Nile, as defined starting with the Kyaka river in Burundi, is 6,671 km long, and has a surface area of a total of 3,350,000 km² (5 times the area of France). The discharge is around 3,1 million litres per second . The realexploration of East Africa was done by the Arabs from thenow Gulf States a short period and built the Fort Jesus. Vasco Da Gamma tried to explore East Africa, stepping in Mombasa and Malindi, on his way to India but it was not until the 19th century when a new breed of explorers was spawned out of Europe in quest to find the source of the river Nile. They included Burton, Speke, Livingston and Stanley. Later, during the era of colonisat
ion, Britain and Germany came to East Africa but the winds of change came to blow and Tanzania became independent in 1961 followed by Uganda and Kenya in 1963.East Africa is a “PARADISE”. There is an interest here for everyone. Welcome, come and see this land of wonders |
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