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8 Days Lake Turkana Safari

Lake Turkana Camping Safari:-Lake Turkana camping safari is an 8 day expedition to Northern Kenya that avoids the rigorous journey across the Chalbi Desert but still transverses rugged country to the frontiers of Kenya and the Lake Turkana. Transport is by custom built four by four Land cruisers that seat 7 people and accommodation is in more up – market canvas tents that are ferried by purpose-built trucks and pitched in the middle of the African Wilderness to create a private camp with all the facilities of a luxury permanent tented camp.

The lake sustains 60 species of fish which are much sought-after by anglers, including tiger, cat and puffer fish, tilapia and Nile perch. Turkana is the most saline of all the freshwater Rift Valley Lakes. Also numerous in the lake are Nile crocodiles, which have numbers in their thousands. The fossil site at Koobi Fora has unearthed a fossl of a crocodile that was estimated to be 13.5 m in length.

On the west side of the lake, Kalokol, Lobolo Springs and Eliye Springs are the most interesting places to visit, whilst Central Island can be accessed from Kalokol.

Kalokol is a small town with an abandoned fish factory being its most prominent feature. It is best as the place to leave for visits to the island. The springs have swimming pools that are normally fed by the springs, and lakes in which you can swim.

The Central Island National Park protects two lakes in craters, of which one is Flamingo Crater and attracts up to 20,000 lesser flamingos every year. These are not the only birds; goliath and grey herons are common, and Eurasian spoonbills nest on the cliffs and are often seen. Crocodiles and large water turtles are also common here, mainly seen in the aptly named Crocodile Lake.

To the east, South Island National Park and El Molo Bay are easily accessed, whilst the Sibiloi National Park and Koobi Fora are also in this area.

South Island National Park  has excellent crocodile viewing, and with huge volcanic sand banks playing host to some monstrously proportioned reptiles, this can be a sobering sight. Hippo live here too, as well as a host of venomous snakes.

Areas of Interest: Northern Frontier District, Samburu Game Reserve(Gerenuk and Grevys Zebra), Marsabit National Park, Kalacha, Chalbi Desert, Loiyangalani, Lake Turkana, Turkana Villages, Maralal, Nyahururu, Thomson Falls.