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The Chalbi Desert Expedition
The Chalbi Desert whose name in the Gabra dialect means "bare and salty" is Kenya's only true desert: a vast, flat, ancient lake bed stretching across northern Kenya in a landscape so arid and...
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The Chalbi Desert Expedition
The Chalbi Desert whose name in the Gabra dialect means "bare and salty" is Kenya's only true desert: a vast, flat, ancient lake bed stretching across northern Kenya in a landscape so arid and so geologically exposed that it carries no vegetation and reflects the heat of the equatorial sun from its salt-white surface to produce temperatures that rank among the highest in Kenya. "With more time, Koros is a good base for visiting the Chalbi Desert, which almost nobody ever goes to.
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It is wild and very remote." The Chalbi is accessible from Koros in the dry season only the same rains that make the Suguta Valley's sand dunes shift and the lake shore
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The Chalbi Desert Expedition, Northern Kenya & Samburu, Kenya