Tekwa Cultural Tours

09/01/2025

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09/01/2025

03/01/2025

Fullfill your NEW YEAR's WISHES and join us in FEBRUARY in our tour to the CRADLE of HUMANITY. Only 2 seats free.

05/12/2024

THE NEW DATES FOR TEKWA'S EXCITING AND INFORMATIVE CULTURAL TOURS THROUGH MARSABIT COUNTY (North-Eastern Kenya) ARE OUT.

05/12/2024

We are sure, the “CRADLE of HUMANITY" has been on your bucket list for quite some time. You would like to know, where it all started, where we all come from, how we have survived and developed for more than 4 Mio years. Therefore, join this unique, informative and adventurous tour to East-Turkana offered by TEKWA. Visit Koobi Fora, the TBI (Turkana Basin Institute) and have all your questions answered. You will also roam along the shores of Lake Turkana, the largest desert lake in the world, like our ancestors did, admire the salty plains of the Chalbi Desert, get an impression of the largest wind project in sub-Saharan Africa and meet the beautiful people of Marsabit County , pastoralists who wander through those vast realms and manage to survive in a most arid territory with their camels, goats and sheep.

International Tour Company specializing in Cultural Tours in Kenya, especially East Turkana, Western

05/12/2024

What about sitting on the shores of Lake Turkana, gazing up to the Milky Way and pondering, where we all come from?

05/12/2024

The latest dates for TEKWA's Cultural Tours to East-Turkana, the Cradle of Humanity.

THE NEW DATES FOR TEKWA'S EXCITING AND INFORMATIVE CULTURAL TOURS THROUGH MARSABIT COUNTY (North-Eastern Kenya) ARE OUT.

09/06/2024

The festival aims to foster mutual understanding and appreciation of cultural diversity, promoting unity and global cooperation through the arts.

06/06/2024

Hope to see you all in our Global Village at National Museum of Kenya, on Museum Hill, Nairobi coming Saturday.

10/05/2024

We are sure, the “CRADLE of HUMANITY" has been on your bucket list for quite some time. You would like to know, where it all started, where we all come from, how we have survived and developed for more than 4 Mio years. Therefore, join TEKWA Cultural Tours on another of their unique, informative and adventurous tours to East-Turkana, visit Koobi Fora, the TBI (Turkana Basin Institute) and have all your questions answered. You will also roam along the shores of Lake Turkana, the largest desert lake in the world, like our ancestors did, admire the salty plains of the Chalbi Desert, get an impression of the largest wind project in sub-Saharan Africa and meet the beautiful people of Marsabit County , pastoralists who wander through those vast realms and manage to survive in a most arid territory with their camels, goats and sheep.

22/04/2024

CONT 4: We left Loiyangalani driving along the lake. Parts of the road are new because the rising water levels have submerged the old road. After turning eastwards and later northwards we came through territory usually full of goats, ship and camels. This time these places were almost empty. Definitely the result of the 4 year long drought, which killed at least half of the herds. When finally the rains came, they caused further havoc in decimating the rest of the animals by washing them away. It was encouraging to see many young animals within the small herds left giving hope to a new future. We had our usual picnic lunch at Karsa Gate and then visited the famous Petrified Forest nearby. It is always a very special experience to touch a stone which 20 Mio years ago was part of a tree trunk. The road towards Koobi Fora was more than bad. The acacia bushes had not been cut for months and we were forced to sit on the inner seats in order to avoid scratches from the thorns. Never a dull moment up North! But we were lucky to reach this iconic camp which has also suffered from the rains and the rising lake water. Soon the open air dining area will be flooded. As already mentioned, nowadays the bats are in charge of the place. Even the nets put under the roof couldn’t prevent them from leaving their traces in the rooms and beds of the clients. We will definitely have to look for another accommodation as long as this place has not seen a serious renovation. What a pity! The visit to TBI (Turkana Basin Institute) in Illeret was definitely a highlight. Mr. Martin showed us not only the latest finds (no pictures of course!), as well as how they transport the finds to the Lab and finally clean them. You may think you are at the dentist’s. Finally we were shown the Hydroponic farming, developed by TBI in these soilless surroundings. Hydroponics is the technique of growing plants without soil using water based nutrient solution. The local Dassanach women are encouraged to pass by and get instruction of how to set up their own small hydroponic garden. We would have liked to visit the footprints excavation site, but time did not allow it, as the short road from Koobi Fora to Illeret is no longer passable and we had to use the 3-hours road. We can only hope that this beautiful and culturally highly interesting area will see some major improvements soon. On the way out we visited the fossilised tortoise, the crocodile and the elephant. All three about 2 Mio years old and ancestors of our present species. Unfortunately the keys would not open the padlocks at the first two sites. But we got a glimps.

11/01/2024

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We are sure, the “CRADLE of HUMANITY" has been on your bucket list for quite some time. You would like to know, where it all started, where we all come from, how we have survived and developed for more than 4 Mio years. Therefore, join TEKWA Cultural Tours on another of their unique, informative and adventurous tours to East-Turkana, visit Koobi Fora, the TBI (Turkana Basin Institute) and have all your questions answered. You will also roam along the shores of Lake Turkana, the largest desert lake in the world, like our ancestors did, admire the salty plains of the Chalbi Desert, get an impression of the largest wind project in sub-Saharan Africa and meet the beautiful people of Marsabit County , pastoralists who wander through those vast realms and manage to survive in a most arid territory with their camels, goats and sheep. And if you are lucky, you may find some Easter eggs, put by a crocodile on the shores of Lake Turkana!