Places to visit in Turkana, Kenya
3 places to visit in Turkana, Kenya, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Lake Turkana, Lomekwi, Namoratunga. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in your Turkana volume.
1 UNESCO World Heritage site · 1 Famous place to visit · 1 Hidden gem
UNESCO World Heritage sites in Turkana (1)
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Lake Turkana
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.
Famous places to visit in Turkana (1)
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Lomekwi
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.
Hidden gems in Turkana (1)
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Namoratunga
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.
Collecting in Turkana
What are the best places to visit in Turkana?
LOQAH lists 3 places in Turkana. The best known include Lake Turkana, Lomekwi and Namoratunga. Each has a stamp of its own to collect when you are there.
How many LOQAH stamps are there in Turkana?
3, and more are added over time. Each place has LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own.
How do I collect a stamp in Turkana?
Open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment; at the place itself the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge.
I have been to places in Turkana before. Can I add them?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Turkana and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline. Each one goes into your volume with the date, if you know it.
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