OBSERVATORY OF ASTRONOMY

Tumbili Cliff Lodge is equipped with a high quality professional astronomical Observatory! The instrument is a Celestron C 14 Schmidt-Cassegrain 355mm in diameter, electronically driven by an equatorial mounting specially modified to operate in the equator.

Our geographical location at Lake Baringo has numerous advantages: Access to the southern and the northern hemispheres, underlying on a 1000 meters of altitude, low atmospheric turbulence, absence of light pollution...

In the early evening or under the cover of the African night, our local amateur astronomer will guide you to discover like never before, the planets of our solar system and the wonders of the universe.