Turkana Travel Guide – 10 Places to visit
What comes to your mind when Turkana is mentioned? Hunger, insecurity, underdevelopment, poor infrastructure? Home to Lake Turkana – the world’s largest permanent desert lake, and also widely regarded as …
Lake Turkana – Incredible Birdlife, Remote & Endangered
I have visited Lake Turkana thrice, three times more than I ever thought I would. All the trips have been amazing Far flung and lying in the vast remote arid lands …
Eliye Springs Resort – Remote, tranquil & Serene
New Year greetings to all, I’m back from the Christmas break and looking forward to another great year of travel and blogging. Let’s get the ball rolling … Eliye Springs, also …
Unexpected Kenya day 9 – Arrested for trespassing
We were off by 5 am and Ali our driver (who must have been a rally driver in a different life) managed to get us to the lake’s shore before …
Unexpected Kenya Day 8: Fishermen, weavers & Gold in Turkana
The weather certainly did not approve of our 4am plans. By the time we woke up it ws raining heavily so for safety’s sake we decided to depart later.
Unexpected Kenya Day 7 – Off to Lodwar
This morning I had a welcome break from the super early mornings. Nevertheless I did not want to leave my bed. We spent the night in Ken Mosa in Eldoret
Northern Kenya – People and Places
Hundreds of kilometers north of the capital Nairobi, lies the vast remote arid lands of northern Kenya. In this post we bring you a mixture of the sights of northern …
Koobi Fora Museum & Elephant Fossil site
This week I am taking you back to the Sibiloi National Park in Northern Kenya – commonly referred to by Anthropologists as the Cradle of Mankind. Koobi Fora which lies …
Northern Kenya – Magical Sunsets
Hundreds of kilometres north of the capital Nairobi and game parks that attract tourists from across the world, lies the vast remote arid lands of northern Kenya. It is often …
Loiyangalani Desert Museum
Loiyangalani is a small town located on the southeastern coast of Lake Turkana, a frontier region in Northern Kenya. I have been to Loiyngalani twice, the first trip being
Petrified Forest in Sibiloi National Park
I’m still trying to gather credible information about some of the people (specifically the Gabbra, Dassanach,Turkana and Watta) of Northern Kenya
Hybrid Solar Eclipse; Views from Sibiloi
Hey guys! This is hopefully going to be a quick post. I just wanted to share a couple of pictures I took of the solar eclipse on the 3rd of …
Koobi Fora – Base Camp & Sunset Hues
The next part of the journey was the drive from North Horr to Sibiloi National Park. Our first and only stop in Chalbi Desert was at a place called Matiti …
North Horr – Desert Oasis
In my last post I was in Chalbi Desert on my way to North Horr. We got to North Horr at around 7 pm. I was beat. The first thing …
Chalbi Desert – Horizons, Salt pans …
As mentioned in my previous post, we didn’t get to stay long in the Marsabit park because we had to leave for our next destination, North Horr. The plan was to get …
Marsabit Nat. Park – Frontier Oasis
This is my second post in my Marsabit County series, the previous post was about my trip to Marsabit town and a bit about the town. Marsabit National Park is a …
Marsabit Town – Desert Outpost
I recently got the opportunity to travel to Marsabit County (a region in northern Kenya). It’s a bit of a long story but I promise I will explain everything in …
Marsabit National Park
The Marsabit National park lies in northern Kenya, about 560km north of Nairobi in Marsabit district. Mt. Marsabit forest is isolated by semi desert and desert, with vegetation ranging from