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Chimpanzee baby playing in the forest Image by: Michael Nichols

Trying for Chimpanzees

Published on August 19, 2017 by Rupi MangatLeave a comment

Discovering more of the Nile at Murchison Falls and looking for chimpanzees in Uganda

Published 19 August 2017 – Saturday magazine, Nation newspaper

Above: Chimpanzee baby playing in the forest – Image by: Michael Nichols

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“When the crocodile jumps into the boat, you jump out,” tells our guide on the sail to reach the base of Murchison falls.

The Nile crocodile on the banks of the Nile near Murchison Falls - copyright Rupi Mangat — The Nile crocodile on the banks of the Nile near Murchison Falls – copyright Rupi Mangat

The Nile crocodile is gigantic – almost 15 feet long lying still as a statue with gaping jaws revealing a set of sharp-pointed teeth. My childhood memory is of the banks lined with crocodiles – we see only four now.

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Zooming in to Murchison Falls from the boat Copyright Rupi Mangat

Epic Safari to Murchison Falls

Published on August 9, 2017January 1, 2024 by Rupi MangatLeave a comment

The falls raged – our faces wet with the spray of water. Not from any ordinary river but the great Nile. Here we were, my nephew and l standing on sheer rock, spell bound by the force of the falls.

Murchison Falls - from the top. The Bakers' chanced upon it in 1864 coming back from Lake Albert (again they were the first European explorers to see it). Their boat was raised out of the water by a hippo and they had to jump on shore! Copyright: Rupi Mangat — Murchison Falls – from the top. The Bakers’ chanced upon it in 1864 coming back from Lake Albert (again they were the first European explorers to see it). Their boat was raised out of the water by a hippo and they had to jump on shore! Copyright: Rupi Mangat

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Masai giraffe looking at cement factory by Lukenya Hill on Athi-Kapiti plains outside Nairobi Copyright Rupi Mangat

Swara Plains Acacia Camp

Published on July 13, 2017 by Rupi MangatLeave a comment

A little garden of Eden

Published Saturday magazine, Nation media 8 July 2017

Above: Masai giraffe looking at cement factory by Lukenya Hill on Athi-Kapiti plains outside Nairobi
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At first l think l must be seeing things but blinking my eyes again, l am looking at a fringe-eared oryx mixed in a herd of eland and wildebeest.

It’s a day full of surprises.

Swara Plains outside Nairobi Copyright Rupi Mangat

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Castle Forest Lodge

Published on July 1, 2017January 1, 2024 by Rupi MangatLeave a comment

Kerugoya

A walk on Mount Kenya – mystical, magical

Published Saturday Magazine, Nation newspaper 1 July 2017

Above Castle Forest Lodge built in 1910 – the original house Copyright Rupi Mangat

The tarmac road comes to an abrupt end at the gate of Kenya Forest Service – Castle Forest Lodge. The contrast between the flat green carpet of tea fields and the miasma of natural forest on Mount Kenya’s eastern slopes is sudden.

Castle Forest Lodge – the original house Copyright Rupi Mangat

Gate to Castle Forest Lodge Copyright Rupi Mangat

Road signs Copyright Rupi Mangat

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Lion Tales

Published on June 25, 2017January 1, 2024 by Rupi Mangat1 Comment

Soysambu’s Lionesses

Publsihed Saturday Magazine, Nation newspaper 24 June 2017

Both Flir and Valentine May 23 2017 when they came out of the dens in Soysambu Conservancy 2017 copyright Kat Combes

“Three lionesses turned up one day from Nakuru National Park,” tells Kat Combes of Soysambu Conservancy that straddles Lake Elmenteita. It was in July 2014.

The trio were three years old looking for their own space. Two sisters settled in but the third returned to the park separated by a wire fence.

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