Lake Turkana National Parks
Three national parks on and around Lake Turkana: Sibiloi, Central Island and South Island. Inscribed by UNESCO in 1997, they protect fossil beds, breeding grounds for Nile crocodiles and a harsh volcanic shoreline.
- Where
- Loiyangalani, Marsabit, Kenya
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 3.0513, 36.5037
Get the Lake Turkana National Parks stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Lake Turkana National Parks. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Marsabit volume with your photos and a note.
Near Lake Turkana National Parks
Central Island 71 km
A volcanic island in the middle of Lake Turkana, also called Crocodile Island. Its crater lakes are home to flamingos and Nile crocodiles, and it is part of a UNESCO listed national park.
Namoratunga 88 km
An archaeological site west of Lake Turkana, where rows of basalt pillars stand on a low rise. It dates to about 300 BC and may have been used to track the movements of the stars.
Chalbi Desert 94 km
A small desert in northern Kenya, east of Lake Turkana, with a vast dry salt flat at its heart. Heat and wind are fierce here, and the town of North Horr lies on its edge.
Koobi Fora 106 km
A fossil rich area on the eastern shore of Lake Turkana, in Sibiloi National Park. Many early human fossils have been found here since the 1960s, and a small museum shows some of the finds.
Lomekwi 120 km
An archaeological site on the west shore of Lake Turkana where stone tools about 3.3 million years old were found in 2011. They are older than any previously known tools and predate the genus Homo.
Lake Turkana 124 km
The world's largest permanent desert lake, a long jade coloured sheet of alkaline water in the northern Kenyan Rift Valley. Its shores hold major fossil sites, and its far northern end reaches into Ethiopia.
Mount Marsabit 182 km
A broad basaltic shield volcano rising from the desert of northern Kenya. Forests on its slopes and crater lakes lie within Marsabit National Park, home to elephants and many birds. It rises about 170 kilometres east of the Rift, and mist keeps its upper forests damp even when the surrounding plain is dry.
Cherangany Hills 232 km
A range of hills in the western highlands of Kenya. They are one of the country's five main forests and water catchment areas, and the Mau Escarpment rises from the border with Tanzania to divide the highlands.
More UNESCO World Heritage sites in Marsabit
Questions
Where is Lake Turkana National Parks?
Lake Turkana National Parks is in Loiyangalani, Marsabit, Kenya. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Central Island (71 km), Namoratunga (88 km), Chalbi Desert (94 km).
How do I get the Lake Turkana National Parks stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Lake Turkana National Parks and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Marsabit volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Lake Turkana National Parks before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Marsabit volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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