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Touring the World's Largest Permanent Desert Lake And Its Magical Crater Lakes. Exploring Turkana.
Video by Liv Kenya
Namoratunga, Kalokol, Central Island, and Eliye Springs carry the Journey onto and around Lake Turkana.
Place
Kalokol and the Lake Turkana shore
Water
Kalokol, Turkana County, Kenya
A fishing town and departure point on Lake Turkana's western shore.
Firsthand material by Liv Kenya
Why go
Why visit this place?
Kalokol connects the road Journey with fishing life, boat travel, and the immense scale of the lake.
When you arrive
What to expect
Expect a working lakeshore rather than a packaged attraction; boats, weather, water levels, and landing points change.
Local knowledge
Local tip
Arrange lake travel with an experienced local operator and ask before photographing people or fishing activity.
Visiting
Getting there
Follow the paved road north from Lodwar to Kalokol and confirm the current public landing point locally.
Best time: Confirm current access, weather, road, and local conditions before setting out.
Planning your visit
How to get there
Start with a practical route to Kalokol and the Lake Turkana shore.
Lodwar and Lake Turkana
Lodwar opens onto Namoratunga, Kalokol, Central Island's crater lakes, and Eliye Springs.
Follow this Journey →Mombasa to Kakuma through Turkana
Liv Kenya's complete 2022 expedition from Mombasa through Voi, the Taita Hills, Taveta, Tsavo West, Nairobi, Eldoret, Kitale, West Pokot, Lodwar, Lake Turkana, Kakuma, and Kalobeyei.
Follow this Journey →Continue exploring
Continue from Kalokol and the Lake Turkana shore
This Place can also become the starting point for another discovery.
Lodwar and Lake Turkana 2 videos available.
Lodwar opens onto Namoratunga, Kalokol, Central Island's crater lakes, and Eliye Springs.
Continue with this Journey →Mombasa to Kakuma through Turkana 2 videos available.
Liv Kenya's complete 2022 expedition from Mombasa through Voi, the Taita Hills, Taveta, Tsavo West, Nairobi, Eldoret, Kitale, West Pokot, Lodwar, Lake Turkana, Kakuma, and Kalobeyei.
Continue with this Journey →Where is it—and how do you reach it?
Approximate map location; directly connected routes are shown
Further viewing
See another view of Kalokol and the Lake Turkana shore
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