Kenya Lakes

Your detailed information about all Unique Kenya Lakes and their attractions in Africa.Kenya straddles the centre of the Great Rift Valley, the vast prehistoric fissure that stretches from Jordan to Mozambique. From the North to the South of Kenya, the valley is lined with a series of freshwater and soda based volcanic lakes.

List of All Kenya's Unique Lakes

Travelling from lake to lake is a journey through a world of contrasts: From papyrus fringed Naivasha with its abundance of birdlife, through Nakuru with its famous flamingo population, the steam geysers of Bogoria, the crocodiles and hippo of Baringo and North to the mighty Jade Sea of Turkana ...

Lake Turkana

The Lake is a source of life for some of Kenya’s most remote tribes. The Turkana, with ancestral ties to Uganda, live a semi-nomadic existence around the Lake. The country’s smallest tribe, the El Molo, live a hunter-gatherer existence on the shores, in villages of distinctive rounded reed huts.More >>>>>

Lake Magadi

A journey to Magadi is to enter another world. The baking salt plains stretch into horizons of shimmering heat haze, while the shallow lake heaves with the pink waves of nesting flamingo. The otherworldly atmosphere is compounded by the intense heat and the isolation. More >>>>>

Lake Elementeita

This was the estate and stronghold of Lord Delamere, the builder of the Kenya colony.

Today Elementeita is a peaceful and low-key place, lying in the shadow of an impressively peaked hill known locally known as the ‘Sleeping Maasai’.

The lake attracts many visiting flamingo, and it shores are grazed by zebra, gazelle, eland and families of warthog.

The lake and its surrounding forests are perfect for long walks and birding.More >>>>>

Lake Baringo

Among other pastoral tribes such as the Maasai, eating fish is a taboo. The 129 sq km lake is well stocked with fish, and attracts many Pelicans, Cormorants and Fish Eagles.

The Lake is also well populated with Crocodile. The lake itself is truly beautiful, surrounded by volcanic ranges that stretch as far as the eye can see.More >>>>>

Lake Victoria

This mighty body of water is rich in fish life, with shimmering shoals of colourful cichlids and large Nile Perch.

Nyanza province is the heartland of the Luo, a tribe known as formidable fisherman.

Fishing brings many visitors to this lake, mainly in search of the Nile Perch, considered a world class game fish. More >>>>>

Lake Naivasha

Lake area varies greatly according to rainfall, with an average range between 114 and 991 sq kms. At the beginning of the 20th Century, Naivasha completely dried up and effectively disappeared.

The resulting open land was farmed, until heavy rains a few years later causedthe lake to return to existence, swallowing up the newly established estates. More >>>>>

Lake Bogoria

The soda waters of the lake attract massive flocks of Flamingo, and the lake is often carpeted with pink.

The 32 sq km lake is still volcanically active, and the Western shore is lined with spouting geysers, spurting steam and bubbling geothermal pools. Fresh water springs at the lake edge attract an abundance of birds and wildlife.More >>>>>

Lake Nakuru

The soda waters of the lake attract massive flocks of Flamingo, and the lake is often carpeted with pink.

The 32 sq km lake is still volcanically active, and the Western shore is lined with spouting geysers, spurting steam and bubbling geothermal pools.

Fresh water springs at the lake edge attract an abundance of birds and wildlife. More >>>>