The water curtain
Over the ledge.
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Fourteen Falls is a wide set of falls on the Athi River near the town of Thika, northeast of Nairobi. A long curtain of white water pours over a brown rock lip, big boulders sit in the riverbed, and green hills and open sky lie beyond. The falls take their name from the fourteen separate cascades in which the river drops side by side over the ledge. The water runs strong and brown in the rainy season and falls back in the dry season, uncovering more of the rocks. You walk on the rocks in front of the falls, watch the water break in the riverbed and sit on the bank in the shade of the trees, watching spray rise over the water when the river runs full and taking photos from the flat rocks in front of the ledge. The falls are about 54 km in a straight line northeast of Nairobi, an easy day trip from the city. The rocks near the water are slippery, so keep back from the edge, and do not swim, as the current is strong, especially in the rains.
Over the ledge.
In the riverbed.
In the shade.
Athi River, near Thika, northeast of Nairobi
In the rainy season.
Yes.