LUGARD FALLS

Lugard falls is one of the spectacular found in Tsavo East national park and a thrilling feature to visit on Kenya Walking safari in the park. Lugard falls features a series of white water rapids and is formed in the Galana river, as a result of rocks that blocked the flow of water from Galana river thus forming rapids that resulted into the water falls. Lugard falls was named by a British explorer and the colonial administrator by the names of Fredrick Lugard who arrive in Mombasa early in 1888.

Lugard falls was named after the Britain’s first proconsul of East Africa, Captain Lugard. The Lugard falls are formed as the rapid Galana river plunges into a large pool below creating a vehement sound as it disappears into a narrow rocky gorge passing through clefts which finally windup in the fall below near Tsavo East national park. This fall is even more ravaging especially during the rainy season.

The unique beauty of the site comes from the multi-coloured rocks with strips of pink, light grey and white which are catching. There is a parking area at the falls and visitors can either climb around the eroded rocks or walk down the river for a better view of the rapids. A habitat of giant crocodiles and hippopotamus known as the crocodile point is found not more than a kilometre below the falls. You can visit the falls from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm everyday from Monday to Sunday that’s the opening and closing hours.

Lugard falls are located on the Galana river of southern Kenya and inside Tsavo East national park, the Yatta plateau is also visible from here, and the river flows calmly a short distance from here both the upstream and the downstream.Lugard falls were formed where the Galana river passes through volcanic rock, carving a path narrower than its own width and creating a series of rapids and falls as the water flows faster. It was named after Frederick Lugard, who passed this place on his way to Uganda. Today the site is one of the few points in the park where the visitors can a light from their vehicles, with a number of features to see including the falls themselves, and rock patterns formed from cooled lava. One of the prettiest stretches along the Galana River, Lugard falls is a wonderful landscape of water-sculpted channels and striated rocks.

Lugard falls were named by the first explorer to step at the falls, the falls is a historical site good for sightseeing too, it is also not very hard to hike but need some level of physical fitness to fully hike to the top of the fall.

Lugard falls is considered as one of the world’s biodiversity strongholds, and can be seen including the famous big five consists of lion, black lion, cape buffalo, elephant and leopard in the Tsavo East national Park. The Lugard falls have interesting geological ecosystem that are the makeup of the Lugard falls in the north part of Tsavo East national park that is the sheer power of the Lugard waterfall and then your also visit the hippos and crocodiles down below flowing.