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A fairy tale land in the heart of Kenya, Lake Elmenteita is bang in the middle of the tourist circuit but oddly off the beaten track.
“Framed by the broken caldera walls of several extinct volcanoes, which resemble a sleeping Moran (named Elngiragata Olmorani or sleeping Warrior by the Maasai), Lake Elmenteita is a spectacular and primeval setting,” describes Richard Trillo very aptly in his travel guide series
A RAMSAR Site and Proposed WORLD HERITAGE Site
Lake Elmenteita was designated as the fifth RAMSAR wetland of international importance, early September 2005. Ramsar, the Convention on Wetlands, signed in Ramsar, Iran, in 1971, is an intergovernmental treaty whose mission is to ensure the conservation and wise use of recognize important wetlands through national action and international cooperation, effectively contributing to the establishment of a global ecological network. The reason for the very important Ramsar recognition is that several species falling into different conservation categories - threatened, vulnerable and endangered - at local, national, regional and international levels call this lake home. These include the Lesser and Greater Flamingo, Great Crested Grebe, Great White Pelican, the Great Egret and the Maccoa Duck, which form part of more than 450 species of birds that live in and around the lake.
