Chemchemi
Chemchemi means hot spring.
Lake Bogoria is part of the UNESCO-listed Kenya Lake System and hosts vast flamingo flocks.
Baringo spans the Tugen Hills, hot Rift Valley lakes and semi-arid lowlands. It is home to the Tugen, Endorois, Pokot and Il Chamus, and its lakes, geysers and birdlife are among the Rift's richest.
Lake Bogoria is part of the UNESCO-listed Kenya Lake System and hosts vast flamingo flocks. The Tugen Hills hold important fossil sites.
Maize, beans, sorghum and millet grow alongside livestock, honey and cash crops such as macadamia. Lake tourism is growing.
Hot springs, geysers, greater kudu and up to two million lesser flamingos.
A freshwater lake with crocodiles, hippos and 470+ bird species.
Galleries of Tugen, Il Chamus, Pokot and Keiyo heritage.
Kalenjin artefacts near a Tugen Hills fossil site.
Community-run wildlife viewing near Lake Baringo.
A major crocodile habitat in the Kerio Valley.
Birdwatching, including Verreaux's eagles.
Communities with a historic home in Baringo. Today people from every part of Kenya live and work here.
Kalenjin music, Il Chamus boat traditions and Pokot customs meet here. The Kimalel Goat Auction on 22 December brings a cultural fair and raft races. Roast goat and mursik are favourites.
July to November, when flamingos crowd Lake Bogoria, or late December for Kimalel.
Baringo and its neighbours. Tap a county or a place to read about it.
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July to November, when flamingos crowd Lake Bogoria, or late December for Kimalel.
Lake Bogoria is part of the UNESCO-listed Kenya Lake System and hosts vast flamingo flocks. The Tugen Hills hold important fossil sites.
Baringo spans the Tugen Hills, hot Rift Valley lakes and semi-arid lowlands. It is home to the Tugen, Endorois, Pokot and Il Chamus, and its lakes, geysers and birdlife are among the Rift's richest. The county capital is Kabarnet, and the 2019 census counted 666,763 people across about 11,075 square kilometres.
ShangaSamburu CountySamburu protects northern Kenya's "Special Five" and runs Africa's first community-owned elephant sanctuary. Its strong Maa culture makes it a cultural-tourism leader.
KimbiaElgeyo-Marakwet CountyIten holds a World Athletics Heritage Plaque as a global training base. Its ancient Marakwet irrigation furrows are on UNESCO's Tentative List.
MabingwaUasin Gishu CountyEldoret is famed worldwide as the "Home of Champions" for distance running.
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