Geographical Locations

For those parents who wish to ‘keep track’ of their sons/daughters, below is a list of locations, together with their latitudes and longitudes, that we will be passing through or staying at during the trip.
These can be located on a number of map sites on the web including http://www.flashearth.com/

The List covers the route from Nairobi to Marich

NAIROBI 01° 17’ S 36° 49’ E JKIA 01° 19’ 49” S 36° 55’ 33” E
Village Mkt. 01° 13’ 46” S 36° 48’ 17” E
NAIVASHA 00° 43’ S 36° 26’ E
NAKURU 00° 17’ S 36° 04’ E Lake Nakuru is the lake to the south of the town.
Lake Elementaita and is the lake to the SE of L. Nakuru.
Greensteds School is between the two lakes about 10 miles outside Nakuru.
TIMBOROA 00° 04’ N 35° 32’ E
KAPTAGAT 00° 22’ N 35° 28’ E
ELDORET 00° 31’ N 35° 17’ E
MOIS BRIDGE 00° 53’ N 35° 07’ E
KITALE 01° 01’ N 34° 59’ E
KAPENGURIA 01° 14’ N 35° 07’ E
ORTUM 01° 26’ N 35° 21’ E
MARICH 01° 32’ 4.3” N 035° 27’ 56.9” E


On the return journey we will pass through Narok en route to the Mara Reserve:

Narok 01° 05’20” N 035° 52’ 33” E (Narok is the last major town before the Reserve).

Western Edge of Mara Reserve (location of Big Cat Diary HQ) is 01° 18’ 00” N 035° 02’ 19.3” E
and this can be found on the Big Cat Diary Link (See Links) with much greater resolution.