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.
Epic Safari to Murchison Falls
Tag: conservation
Swara Plains Acacia Camp
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
Copyright Rupi Mangat:
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.
Castle Forest Lodge
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
Lion Tales
Soysambu’s Lionesses
Publsihed Saturday Magazine, Nation newspaper 24 June 2017
Above picture: Valentine 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.
Cranes of Ol Bolossat
Published Saturday magazine, Nation media 17 June 2017
Above: Grey Crowned Crane on its nest
Copyright: International Crane Foundation / Endangered Wildlife Trust Partnership
The only big lake in central Kenya is one of the last strong hold of the gorgeous Grey Crowned Crane
It’s busy, busy, busy with 500 Grey Crowned Cranes in front of us pecking for grains on the recently harvested wheat field by the shores of Lake Ol Bolossat stretched in the shadows of the Aberdares.
“The Grey Crowned cranes are here all the time,” tells George Ndung’u, founder of the Nyahururu Bird Club, Olbolossat Biodiversity Conservation Group and of recent, the Crane Conservation Volunteers.
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