Categories: Places and Wonders

Lake Turkana national parks

The national parks of Lake TurKana, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1997 for Kenya, are three in number. Their area is 1,614.85 km² and Lake Turkana has an area of ​​6,405 km².

Turkana is the largest salt lake in a desert area. This Kenyan landscape succeeds in bringing together volcanoes, the desert, a forest and a turquoise lake it is also called « Jade Sea », all almost in the open sea!

The Turkana ecosystem is fascinating, there are Nile perch which can reach 2 meters in length and weigh 200 kg, hippos and giant crocodiles 5 meters in length! It once contained the largest African population of Nile crocodiles.

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