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Hell's Kitchen Marafa Canyon :: Odd Sandstone Depression Malindi

Hell’s Kitchen Marafa Canyon :: Odd Sandstone Depression Malindi

Hell’s Kitchen Marafa Canyon :: Odd Sandstone Depression Malindi The Marafa Depression, also known as Hell’s Kitchen, is an odd sandstone canyon outside of Malindi, Kilifi County Kenya. Known locally as Nyari – “the place broken by itself” – it was once a great sandstone ridge worn by wind, rain, and floods into a series of jagged gorges. The layer-cake colors of the sandstone reveal whites, pinks, oranges, and deep crimsons, making the gorge particularly striking at sundown when tones […]

Kenya Travel Documentary Photographers :: Marafa Hell's Kitchen

Kenya Travel Documentary Photographers :: Marafa Hell’s Kitchen

Kenya Travel Documentary Photographers :: Marafa Hell’s Kitchen The residents know it as Nyari, which is Kigiriama for “natural sacred depression”. Although Hell’s Kitchen is gazetted, no proper measurements have been made of its depth and expanse. Hell’s Kitchen belongs to the local Giriama community. A 30-minute drive from Malindi town is a small unassuming village with conspicuous baobab trees. The village is called Marafa, but its proximity to the biodiversity-rich Dakatcha woodlands is not its most outstanding feature. That […]