It is bordered by land to the east and west rising to 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) and dotted with volcanic cinder cones.

The Suguta Valley lies along the axis of the Gregory Rift, which has been faulting in this area since the Pliocene along a belt 35 kilometres (22 mi) wide.

The belt lies between the Ngiro basement uplift to the east and the Loriu Plateau to the west and is thicker in the eastern part.

It is considered a "no go" region by the police due to the extremely harsh environment and familiarity of the rustlers with the terrain.

In November 2012 over 40 Kenya Police officers and reservists [8] were killed in the Suguta Valley near Baragoi while on a mission to recover stolen cattle.