Turkana Route III – 1,000km offroad

| Leonie | AFRICA, Ethiopia, Kenya | 10 Reacties (Comments)

Turkana Route III - 1000km offroad 31To know how much fuel, water and food we had to take, we had read several reports of travelers who had done the Turkana route. Travel reports that in the first place describe the adventures on the road. The information about the state of the ‘road’ was quite interesting to say the least. Long stretches of deep sand, a great number of river crossings, paths with loose stones and fields with sharp lava rocks as big as footballs. An additional factor was the weather. It could either be very hot, what makes driving even more difficult, or very wet, which would make the route impassable. Although the travel report also describe how incredibly beautiful the route was, in Omorate I was mainly thinking about the challenges that awaited us. Lees meer (Read more)

Turkana Route I – To the Omo Valley

| Leonie | AFRICA, Ethiopia | 4 Reacties (Comments)

Turkane Route I - Naar de Omo ValleiTo go into Kenya from Ethiopia there are two routes we could follow. The first route runs from Moyale in Ethiopia to Marsabit in Kenya. A route known for the poor condition of the road and the many freight trucks and also the road that is sometimes referred to as the “Bandit Road”. The second option is from Omorate in Ethiopia, along Lake Turkana, to Maralal in Kenya. This route leads through a remote part of Kenya without any tarmac roads for over 800km, where facilities are far away and where gasoline, food and water is hard to get. But this is also the route through one of the most beautiful and unspoiled parts of Kenya. We chose to follow the Turkana route. Lees meer (Read more)