KERIO VIEW
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Location
Kerio View is perched on the edge of the Kerio Valley escarpment -- a branch of the Great Rift Valley of
East Africa.
It offers prospects of the Tugen Hills and Tiati, the sacred mountain of the Pokot people.
Down in the valley, and central to the panoramic view, is Lake Kamnarok, set in the middle of the Rimoi
Game Reserve and fed by the waters of the Kerio River.
East Africa.
It offers prospects of the Tugen Hills and Tiati, the sacred mountain of the Pokot people.
Down in the valley, and central to the panoramic view, is Lake Kamnarok, set in the middle of the Rimoi
Game Reserve and fed by the waters of the Kerio River.
Rimoi is a new reserve and hardly exploited. It is particularly noted for very wild buffalo and elephant.
Visitors have to be accompanied by a Wildlife Department ranger.
There are also crocodiles in the river, but they are very wary and shy of people and not always easy to
see. Bird life is abundant.
For those interested in plants, there is much to find and see. The most obvious are the numerous Acacia
species but be on the look-out also for rare xerophytes and plants with medicinal properties. Some
examples are illustrated in Valley plants.
Visitors have to be accompanied by a Wildlife Department ranger.
There are also crocodiles in the river, but they are very wary and shy of people and not always easy to
see. Bird life is abundant.
For those interested in plants, there is much to find and see. The most obvious are the numerous Acacia
species but be on the look-out also for rare xerophytes and plants with medicinal properties. Some
examples are illustrated in Valley plants.
Within the grounds of Kerio View itself you are very likely to see Rock Hyrax, Colobus monkeys and a
wide variety of birds --- including Hornbills and the Hawks, Eagles and Kites which like to ride on the
rising thermal currents of the escarpment. The very shy duiker live and breed in the bush thickets;
they may occasionally be seen in the car headlights at night, or, very early in the morning, through the
one-way glass of your cottage windows.
wide variety of birds --- including Hornbills and the Hawks, Eagles and Kites which like to ride on the
rising thermal currents of the escarpment. The very shy duiker live and breed in the bush thickets;
they may occasionally be seen in the car headlights at night, or, very early in the morning, through the
one-way glass of your cottage windows.
Indeed, early morning is undoubtedly the best time of day at Kerio View.
To see the clouds slowly rising from the valley as the sun climbs over the top of the hills and to see
beyond those hills the distant tip of Mount Kenya (220 km away) is an experience you will never forget.
To see the clouds slowly rising from the valley as the sun climbs over the top of the hills and to see
beyond those hills the distant tip of Mount Kenya (220 km away) is an experience you will never forget.
