Kenya
ExpertMarsabit to Moyale — Northern Kenya Desert Highway via the Chalbi Desert Edge
Two hundred clicks of lava and no mercy.
Overlanding Trails in Kenya
Trails curated for overlanders in Kenya.
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Kenya
DifficultTsavo West to Amboseli — Chyulu Hills Volcanic Plateau Track via Ngulia and Ziwani
Lava fields, elephants, and Kili on the horizon.
Kenya
ModerateKenyan Rift Valley Floor — Naivasha to Magadi via Longonot and the Soda Lake Corridor
Rift floor to soda lake — raw East Africa.
Kenya
ExtremeMaasai Mara to Lake Turkana — Northern Kenya Wilderness Corridor via Baringo and the Suguta Valley
Kenya's hardest wilderness corridor, no shortcuts.
Kenya
ModerateNairobi to Isiolo — Northern Kenya Transition Road via Nanyuki and the Laikipia Plateau
Where Kenya's tarmac ends and Africa begins.
Kenya
ExpertTurkana Jade Sea Road — Loiyangalani to North Horr via the Chalbi Desert Fringe
Jade lake to salt flat — East Africa at its rawest.
Ethiopia
ExpertNairobi to Moyale — Northern Kenya Desert Highway via Marsabit and the Chalbi Desert
Kenya's hardest highway — not even close.
Ethiopia
DifficultTrans-African Highway — Nairobi to Addis Ababa via the Moyale Border and Northern Kenya Desert Corridor
Northern Kenya's desert gauntlet to Ethiopia.
Kenya
ExtremeTurkana Basin Jade Sea Road — Loiyangalani to Sibiloi via Lake Turkana’s Eastern Shore
Jade desert shore. Fossil beds. No rescue coming.
Kenya
ExpertTurkwel Gorge Road — Lodwar to Lokichar via the Turkwel River Canyon
Lava, sand, and silence in Kenya's forgotten northwest.