Lokitaung is located in northern Kenya near the Ethiopian border, and bounded by Lake Turkana to the east, and the larger part of the Lapur range to the west.

Lokitaung sits within a portion of range, is immediately inland and west of Lowarengak, south of Todonyang and north of Kangamajoj village.

[3] Nearby geological features include the Lokitaung Gorge and the Lubur Sandstone sedimentary sequence, more than 500 meters (1,600 ft) thick.

The weather is consistently hot all year round and dry except during the main rainy season from March to May, although a secondary maximum occurs in November.

Between 1913 and 1931, Sudanese troops operating in Northern Kenya and southern Sudan suffered from four outbreaks of Visceral leishmaniasis, or Kala-azar, including one in Lokitaung.