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"Mzima Springs" is a series of four natural springs in
Tsavo National Park, Kenya.
They are located in the west of the Park, around 48km from
Mtito Andai.
The source of the springs is a natural reservoir under the
Chyulu Hills to the north.
The Chyulu range is composed of volcanic lava rock and
ash,
which is too porous to allow rivers to
flow.
Instead, rain water percolates through the rock, and may
spend 25 years underground
before emerging 50 kilometres away at
Mzima.
The natural filtration process gives rise to Mzima's
famously clear stream,
which flows through a series of pools and
rapids.
Two kilometres downstream from the springs, the stream is
blocked by a solidified
lava flow and disappears below the surface
again.
Mzima springs are a geological phenomenon and a miracle of
nature, because
every day some 230 million liters of water gush from the
dry lava level.
The very far away Mombasa get this eternal bubbling
water.
This is the reason, why the area at the southcoast has the
cleanest
water of whole Kenya.
At Mzima Springs you can visit an interesting
attraction.
A shelter made of glass built into the lake. There you can
watch the
underwater world.
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