Loyangalani Desert Museum

Northern Kenya


The Desert Museum has a dozen bandas on the bluff overlooking the lake. The views are the best you will find in Loyangalani, though the bandas are slightly unkempt. There's no kitchen, so you'll have to travel to town to find food.

Request one of the 'old' bandas, which, for some reason, are cleaner and seem in better shape than the 'new' bandas.


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