On its 12-day tour to East Turkana TEKWA visits Koobi Fora and Illeret, places which are very remote, close to the Ethiopian border. Very few tourists find their way up there. Koobi Fora is the old research station of Richard and Meave Leakey, nowadays run by National...

On its 12-day tour to East Turkana TEKWA visits Koobi Fora and Illeret, places which are very remote, close to the Ethiopian border. Very few tourists find their way up there. Koobi Fora is the old research station of Richard and Meave Leakey, nowadays run by National...

On our December tour we explored new territory and crossed Lake Turkana to the Western side, where we stayed at Eliye Springs Lodge, owned by our old friend Rolf Gloor. The boat ride in Rolf’s speed boat took about 1 hour and was great fun. At the lodge we...

Loiyangalani is a multi-ethnic little town of 30,000 inhabitants. Being an oasis with a reliable source it hardly ever suffers from lack of water. And it seems to be spared by the rains as in January, when we met with heavy downpours all over the North, Loi was the...

Loiyangalani is a multi-ethnic little town of 30,000 inhabitants. Being an oasis with a reliable source it hardly ever suffers from lack of water. And it seems to be spared by the rains as in January, when we met with heavy downpours all over the North, Loi was the...

The drive from South Horr to Loiyangalani is short and usually sunny, windy and hot. Not so this January. The thick and warm Nairobi jackets were still in need. Approaching the largest Wind Project South of the Sahara, it started raining cats and dogs flooding the...

South Horr, this cute Samburu village in an oasis at the foot of mount Ng'iro, gains always a special place in the hearts of TEKWA's clients. Accommodation is simple but allows you to spend a day in the midst of the local people. A visit to the local Primary School...