Lake Baringo

Lake Baringo is good stopover site to break a long safari across the Rift Valley. Lake Baringo National Park has now become Kenyans popular weekend destination. The brown slightly saline lake is a home for hippos, crocodiles, and over 400 species of birds.

Lake Baringo has an average depth of only 8 meters (25 ft), and its three islands (Ol Kokwa, Teddy Bear, and Gibraltar) are breeding grounds for the statuesque, and one and a half meter (5 ft) Goliath heron, the largest of the heron species. The surrounding countryside is arid, red soiled, and sparsely vegetated. The shores are a mixture of sand marsh, which provide some cover and shade for the resident hippos. Accommodation is available at several lodges.

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