Indeed this was explorer's country. J.W. Gregory, who travelled on foot from Mombasa a 100 years ago formulated his theory of the creation of the Rift Valley from evidence found at Baringo. Earlier the slave caravans passed this way and the remains of Fort Baringo built to try and abate this outrage are still visible. Hippo and crocodile are plentiful, the latter considered harmless by the local people, the Njemps who fish, standing in water up to their shoulders, whilst crocodile bent on the same mission, swim quietly by. But visitors are entranced by the multitude of birds.
Bird watching, on foot or by boat, is only one of several leisure activities available.
Others include fishing, water sports or a visit to a local Njemps village where traditional crafts and dancing are enjoyed. Lake Bogoria Gregory, the geologist mentioned above, first set eyes on Lake Bogoria in 1892 and described the scene as 'the most beautiful view in Africa'. The late Leslie Brown, a world authority on birds, and birds of prey in particular, wrote 'I have been there when the spectacle of flamingos and other birds around the lake was of a sublime magnificence'. Hot water geysers and fearsome fumaroles are found on the western shoreline evidencing the turmoil below. Game is far from plentiful but strangely this is the most likely place in Kenya where visitors can find and photograph Greater Kudu.