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Lion Count: A Weekend in Nairobi National Park to Log Lions

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Above: Grey crowned cranes in Nairobi National Park February 2019. Copyright Rupi Mangat

Published: 2 March 2019

The Nairobi sky was red-hot before sunrise as we made it to the gates of Nairobi National Park…and l got to say this again with pride – Nairobi’s first national park established in 1946 and the only park in a city that is home to free-ranging wild animals like the big cats – lions, leopards and of recent, a cheetah spotted after decades. It’s 117 square kilometres.

Hippos in Nairobi National Park February 2019. Copyright Rupi Mangat (800x450)
Hippos in Nairobi National Park February 2019. Copyright Rupi Mangat

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Naretunoi Conservancy Neighbours Nairobi National Park

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Above: The Wildlife Foundation Centre at Naretunoi Conservancy, Kitengela
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Published: 10 November 2018

“We have everything here,” says Moses Parmisa of The Wildlife Foundation. “If you had spent the night here you would have heard the lions and the hyenas.”

We’re chatting over a cuppa tea and cakes at The Wildlife Foundation Centre on a lawn dotted with wooden sculptures collected from different parts of Africa. On arrival we’ve been met by Impi the two-year-old female antelope whose mother was killed by a predator. The foal was found on the grounds and now thinks she’s a ‘people’.

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The Wildlife Foundation Centre at Naretunoi Conservancy, Kitengela Copyright Rupi Mangat

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In Nairobi National Park

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Amazing Skies, Savannas and Species

Published Nation newspaper-Saturday magazine 28 April 2018

Above: Impala herd browsing in Nairobi National Park with Nairobi skyline
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Wild flowers in bloom in Nairobi National Park Copyright Rupi Mangat

Armed with the colour printout of some common reptiles of Nairobi National Park by the reptilian guru Stephen Spawls, co-author of the amazing 500-page tome of ‘A Field Guide to the Reptiles of East Africa’, we drove in wanting to see some rarities like the Black-necked spitting cobra and Puff adder listed as highly venomous.

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