Lake Baringo

#8 among destinations in Kenya

Nature, Natural attraction, Top attraction, Lake

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Lake Baringo is, after Lake Turkana, the most northern of the Kenyan Rift Valley lakes, with a surface area of 130 square kilometres and an elevation of 970 metres. The lake is fed by several rivers: the Molo, Perkerra and Ol Arabel. It has no obvious outlet; the waters are assumed to seep through lake sediments into the faulted volcanic bedrock. It is one of the two freshwater lakes in the Rift Valley in Kenya, the other being Lake Naivasha. ()

Local name: Ziwa Baringo Area: 64.87 mi²Elevation: 3435 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 0°37'19"N, 36°4'26"E

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Lake Baringo – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Enkapune Ya Muto, Njoro River Cave.

2.2 miNW
Archaeological site
Enkapune Ya Muto
56 min walk • Enkapune Ya Muto, also known as Twilight Cave, is a Late Stone Age site on the Mau Escarpment of Kenya. Beads made of perforated ostrich egg shells found at the site have been dated to 40,000 years ago.
2.2 miNW
Archaeological site
Njoro River Cave
56 min walk • Njoro River Cave is an archaeological site on the Mau Escarpment, Kenya, that was first excavated in 1938 by Mary Leakey and her husband Louis Leakey.