Program Details
St. Lawrence University
Kenya Location
Lying on the Equator, Kenya has a unique and varied landscape. The thin, tropical band along the Indian Ocean gives way to vast, semi-arid savannas that dominate 70 percent of the country and support several pastoralist populations. Central and western Kenya are characterized by well-watered fertile agricultural zones which are densely populated. 
Cutting a swath through the center of the country is the Great Rift Valley, flanked by magnificent escarpments, volcanic massifs and the snowcapped peaks of Mount Kenya and Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest summits.
Cutting a swath through the center of the country is the Great Rift Valley, flanked by magnificent escarpments, volcanic massifs and the snowcapped peaks of Mount Kenya and Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest summits.
To the west, the country is bounded by Lake Victoria, source of the Nile River. The cosmopolitan capital city of Nairobi, rising from the plateau of south-central Kenya, is the home base of our program. Students will also gain familiarity with many of the rural areas, in which approximately 85 percent of the country's population resides.