From Baringo to Lake Bogoria off road route

Time: 1.5 hours

 

A saloon car in dry weather, otherwise a 4-wheel drive vehicle.

Kilometres

Instructions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turn left outside Roberts Camp and go to the junction of Nakuru - Loruk road.

 

 

At junction go left

 

 

 

 

 

 

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At Marigat turn-off set your kms-clock to 0.Turn left off main road

 

 

 

 

 along Marigat Village high street.

 

 

 

 

1.2

 

Tarmac ends; pass Greenbells Academy and Kenya Wine Agency

 

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Turn to the right over a weir (stream)

 

 

 

 

3.5

 

Turn left over the weir again

 

 

 

 

 

4.4

 

Pass a paw-paw plantation on the left. Perkerra Irrigation Scheme.

 

4.8

 

Turn right over the weir; pass through a cluster of mabati houses. Keep

 

 

 

going straight (track on the right hand side) down to a dry river bed, passing a

 

 

blue house on the right

 

 

 

 

 

6.9

 

Pass through the Njemps Village swing right through acacia woodland

 

7.2

 

Cross the river; you move away from the river but the track swings left (east) and

 

 

rejoins the river bank after about a kilometre

 

 

 

10.6

 

You arrive at the disused crossing place - an unusable metal bridge; swing

 

 

 

right away from the river heading towards the Escarpment

 

 

11.6

 

Pass New Apostolic Church on your left

 

 

 

 

13.7

 

Cross a metal bridge

 

 

 

 

 

 

13.9

 

Turn right along gravelled road to Lake Bogoria [alternatively

 

 

 

 

go straight on for Nyahururu ("the Pyramid Road")]

 

 

 

22.3

 

Pass through Sandei Village

 

 

 

 

 

24.9

 

River bed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29.3

 

Loboi Village - you emerge on main Bogoria Road. Go left for Bogoria (2 ks)

 

 

 

Alternatively to return to Baringo on tarmac via Marigat go right.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remember to look out for other tyre tracks, as the route may change slightly

 

 

depending on the weather. It also helps to remember youre heading

 

 

 

generally in a south-easterly direction.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Archer Outpost Management Ltd

Roberts Camp PO Box 2 Kampi ya Samaki  Lake Baringo

051 851879 robertscamp@africaonline.co.ke  

When in Baringo stay at ROBERTS CAMP

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