Birdlife
On the branches.
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Baringo is a broad lake in the Rift Valley of northern Kenya. Calm brown water holds standing dead trees and rocky islands, the Tugen Hills rise to the west, fishermen's boats move across it, and birds crowd the shores and branches. After Lake Turkana it is the northernmost of Kenya's Rift Valley lakes, covering 130 km² at 970 m. With Naivasha, it is one of only two freshwater lakes in the Kenyan Rift. It is fed by the Molo, Perkerra and Ol Arabel rivers and has no obvious outlet. The area has more than 470 bird species, and a rocky islet called Gibraltar holds a Goliath heron colony. You take a boat on the lake to see birds and, from a distance, crocodiles, passing islands and drowned trees, and watch the sunset over the water. The lake is beside the village of Kampi ya Samaki, about 104 km in a straight line north of Nakuru. The area is hot and dry, and the lake has crocodiles, so do not swim, and bring water and a hat.
On the branches.
In the water.
Over the lake.
Kampi ya Samaki, Baringo County, Rift Valley
No, it has crocodiles.
On a boat trip from Kampi ya Samaki.