Travel Diaries: Why The Marafa Depression Should Be Your Next Stop
Babra Adhiambo
The Marafa Depression which means ‘The Place Broken by Itself’ and which is also known as the Devil's Kitchen, is a spectacular place to be. This exceptional site of stalactites and stalagmites was formed as a result of the wearing away of the limestone rock.
The layer cake of colours on the sandstone exposes colours of white, pink, orange and deep crimson, which makes the gorge particularly striking during sundown when tones of the sandstone gullies are mirrored by the setting sun creating magical imagery to behold.
Located in Malindi, on the Northern Coast of Kenya, this beautiful site has attracted many tourists across the world and some people have even compared it to Bison and Arizona’s Grand Canyon in the United States of America.
While scientists say that Nyari,( popularly called by the locals), is a result of formations. The local folklore attributes it to divine wrath.
Well, according to the local legends there was once a family who lived an extravagant lifestyle. The family that owned a large herd of cows, would bathe with surplus milk that they produced while their poor neighbors watched desperately. This act annoyed the gods who punished them and their extended families with a curse of heavy pouring rain that washed the entire family at night. It is therefore believed that the white and red stones on the gullies represent the milk and blood that were splashed over the landscape to serve as a warning to those who live an extravagant lifestyle.
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