Twixt the desert and the lake
Above Lake Turkana from Eliye Springs Resort – Copyright Rupi Mangat
Publshed Saturday magazine Nation newspaper 6 January 2018
I’m in haven floating on the warm waters of the Jade Sea coined by Teleki. It’s the world’s largest permanent lake in the desert and the world’s largest alkaline body officially known as Lake Turkana on the northern reaches of Kenya’s once the ferocious Northern Frontier District. It’s now a World Heritage Site.
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Published Saturday magazine, Nation newspaper 30 December 2017
Above: Desert warthog
Copyright De Jong & Butynski
Learning more about lesser-known wildlife
There’s more than the Desert Warthog that we’re learning about in Lolldaiga and why it’s important to know all that makes for Kenya’s biodiversity.
“To be able to protect biodiversity,” states Yvonne de Jong of Lolldaiga Hills Research Programme “you need to know which taxa are where.” Continue reading “Landscapes of Lolldaiga”
Published Nation newspaper 16 December 2017
Above: Elephant at entrance of Lake Arusha Naional Park
Copyright Rupi MangatArusha’s a fascinating city on the foothills of Mt Meru –Africa’s fifth highest mountain at (14,968 ft). A dormant volcano it’s a stunning backdrop to the city and a great mountain to explore.
Above: A meeting of the elders – the chimps of Gombe National Park – from the Kasakela group Copyright Rupi Mangat
Click to watch the chimps of Gombe National Park
Published in Saturday magazine Nation newspaper 2 December 2017
The night air is fading as we make our way to the secluded bay on Lake Tanganyika at Kigoma to climb into the motorboat to Gombe National Park. It’s the only way to get there. Continue reading “Rendezvous with the Chimpanzees of Gombe”
Above: Art in nature …on the nature trail at Mount Kenya Eco-Resource Centre – copyright Rupi Mangat
Published Saturday Magazine, Nationewspaper 25 November 2017
An impenetrable white mist blankets everything outside my window at day break and clears slowly to reveal the own street tiny town of Naro Moru that’s epically famous as the base for scaling the massif hidden in the clouds – Mount Kenya. For the entire three days of hanging around God’s mountain as the Kikuyu call, the country’s tallest mountain stays hidden in the clouds.
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