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Beschrijving
Lake Baringo is named after the local word 'Mparingo', meaning lake. The lake is located in the Eastern Rift Valley in Kenya and is one of the seven inland drainage lakes within the Rift Valley drainage basin. The lake has a surface area of about 130 kilometers square (50 square miles) and drains a total area of 6,820 kilometers square. More than 470 bird species have been recorded in Lake Baringo, on a good day it’s possible to see over 200 species. Birdwatching in Lake Baringo is done early morning and late afternoon due to the high temperatures experienced in the area.
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Toegang
To access Lake Baringo by road, you need to pay a fee at the entrance to the lakeside "village" of Campi ya Samaki. Birdwatching in Lake Baringo is normally done by walking the area surrounding the lake in combination with a boat ride on the lake. Birding is productive early morning and late afternoon due to the hot conditions in the area.