The geography of East Africa is often stunning and scenic. Shaped by global plate tectonic forces that have created the East African Rift, East Africa is the site of Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya, the two tallest peaks in Africa. It also includes the world’s second largest freshwater lake Lake Victoria, and the world’s second deepest lake, Lake Tanganyika.
The unique geography and apparent suitability for farming made East Africa a target for European exploration, exploitation and colonialisation in the nineteenth century. Today, tourism is an important part of the economies of Kenya, Tanzania, Seychelles, and Uganda.
