SIBILOI NATIONAL PARK, ''THE CRADLE OF MANKIN,GARDEN OF EDEN''

Shimmering like a mirage in the harshly beautiful desert landscape of northern Kenya lies the blue-green waters of  Lake Turkana. On its shores lies one of the world's greatest treasures, the 3 million year Koobi Fora a paleontological site. First discovered by Dr. Richard Leakey and his tem in 1972, Sibloi is now universally recognized as the ''cradle of mankind'' and is most likely the biblical Garden Of Eden.

  Sibiloi National Park was created to protect the sites of the many remarkable fossils revealed by its searing winds. The Park yielded its most striking treasure in 1972 when a 2 million year old fossilized skull was discovered by eminent palaeontologist  Dr. Richard Leakey and his team. The almost complete skull ( labeled '1470' by the National Museum of Kenya) confirmed the existence of a sophisticated evolutionary hominid named HOMO HABILIS , the direct ancestor of HOMO SAPIENS. Evidence of HOMO ERECTUS was also unearthed along with 160 additional finds relating to the early hominids.

Although all Koobi Fora's human fossils are now housed at the Nairobi National Museum, you can still view the fossils of a 3 million year old giant tortoise, an ancient species of crocodile and a 1.5 million year old behemoth on site. It goes without saying that you should not touch/remove any of these fossil remains from the sites as they may compromise the future research. 

The Tenpestuous 'jade sea' is the largest permanent desert lake in the world. Lake Turkana is an isolated chloro-carbon-carbonate alkine giant covering 6400 sq km. Its mercurial blue-green colour earned it the name, 'the Jade Sea'. 

 Survivors of an epoch long before mankind, Lake Turkana's estimated 12,000 crocodiles have not changed in 130 million years!!! Despite their monstrous size and formidable appearance they are generally inoffensive creatures living in perfect harmony with their environment and feeding on the lake's prolific fish. Moreover, Sibloi has a veriety of birdlife which include the somali ostrich,kori and heglin's bustard,northern carmine and somali bee-eater,chestnut-bellied sand grouse and fox kestrel. The park is also famous sor the European migrants that sweep across the skies between March and May.

The park is accessible year round.

A word of advice is that you should if possible carry ALL oyur supplies especially fuel,food and water. Other useful items include camping equipment, breakdown equipmant and medical kit as well as binoculours, camera,hat,sunglasses and guidebooks.

the are lodges where you can find accommodation within the park which are oasis lodge( located towards the southern end of the lake) and Lobolo Tented Camp( located on the western shore of the lake).