An escape that shouldn't cost you much

The dusty town of Nakuru, located 150 kilometres northwest of Nairobi is full of superlatives. For a start, it is one of the richest agricultural towns in Kenya. During retired President Moi’s era, Nakuru was bedrock of Rift Valley politics and a regular haunt of the retired President. But what keeps Nakuru on the global map are the natural tourist attractions that are the envy of the rest of the world.

There is Menengai Crater, the second largest caldera in the world after Tanzania’s Ngorongoro. Scientific explanations notwithstanding, people have been mesmerised by the strong, whirling winds that emanate from the floor of the crater, some even terming them demonic.