Lake Bogoria

We spent a night at Lake Bogoria, a lake with special minerals that cause the lake to look turquoise from above (although I was unable to capture this with my photos from above when approaching the lake. Perhaps this is because the lake is flooded far beyond its normal size, engulfing properties, houses, etc.. This wasn't one of the highlights of our trip, but we did take an interesting boat trip around the lake.

Here are some impressions of the damage, but also people and nature around the lake:

Lake Bogoria has been completely flooded since last April with much of camp where we stayed under water. The last time it was like this was in the 1960s. They expect it to take at least 5 years for the water levels to come down.

A Kingfisher

This is how the locals get around on the lake. The boat is made of a particular kind of wood that is cut from under water. They dry and then rope it together tightly. When the wood soaks up water again, the wood expands and fills in all the cracks. only problem is that the boat only work for a few hours. After that it has soaked up too much water and begins to sink.

White Egret

Another look at a fishing boat.

A stork

The locals collect their water from the lake for cooking, drinking, washing, etc.. Even though they boil the water before drinking it, all the locals without exception have brown stained teeth.

Another of the large varieties of Kingfishers that live in around Lake Bogoria.

The stork

The Jesus Bird, named this way because it appears to walk on water with its large blue feet.

A crocodile hidden in the shore. Due to them and the many hippos, it is not safe to swim in the lake. The locals do anyway, mainly to bathe and fish, but only with much caution and respect for the danger present.

Alot of dying trees in the flooded shore areas.