Central Island National Park is almost in the middle of Lake Turkana, the largest permanent desert lake in the world. It’s a designated World Heritage Site and covers an area of approximately 5sqkms.
The Central Island is made up of three active volcanoes that belch sulphurous smoke and steam. Out of this, several craters have merged to form three crater lakes namely; Crocodile, Flamingo and Tilapia Lakes. These lakes provide conducive breeding grounds for the world’s largest concentration of Nile crocodiles thus the Crocodile Island commonly known as Chooro by the local community. The island a home to thousands of endemic fish. It forms the best breeding site for fish. Sport fishing is allowed and can be done at a fee.
Lake Turkana is home to some of the world’s venomous reptiles that include the saw-scaled viper, puff adder and cobras. Species of fish include the huge Nile Perch, large Tilapia and puffer fish a group normally found in seawaters which shows Turkana Prehistoric connection to the Red Sea. Visitors can enjoy game viewing, camping, boating, nature trail hiking, sport fishing and sightseeing. Boats for hire are available and negotiable with the local community, on the eastern and the western shores of Lake Turkana.
