Marsabit National Park

Eastern Province · Kenya

Marsabit National Park, Kenya
Photo: Lindsey Nicholson, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Good to know

Best time to go
June to September and December to February, in dry conditions
Budget
$
Coordinates
Open in maps

A forested volcanic massif rising like an island from the northern Kenyan desert, its craters holding mist-fed lakes such as Lake Paradise. The park is known for elephants with unusually large tusks and for the cultures of the surrounding Borana, Rendille, and Samburu communities.

Wanderers' notes

Sources