By Ibrahim Thuku
Location: Kikuyu, Nairobi, Kenya
Ondirí is a unique and an important wetland. Ondirí is Kenya’s only quaking bog and the second deepest wetland in Africa after Doula in Cameroon. A quacking bog is made up of a layer of vegetation floating over water. You can walk on the vegetation, but if you jump up and down the whole bog quakes. The area is a unique wetland with macrophytes growing on a floating peat, making it Kenya’s only major quaking bog.
