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Today's Destination:🧳✈️Amboseli National Park ~ ‘Home of the African Elephant’ Altitude: 3,900-4,500 ftArea: 392 sq. kmL...
21/01/2025

Today's Destination:🧳✈️
Amboseli National Park ~ ‘Home of the African Elephant’

Altitude: 3,900-4,500 ft
Area: 392 sq. km
Location: Kajiado County
Gazettement: 1974
Distance from Nairobi: 265 km

All picturesque, Amboseli is perfect for a classic wildlife safari and one of the few destinations in Africa to view large herds of elephants up close. Traversing the diverse Amboseli topography in Kajiado country; grass plains, acacia woodlands, rocky thornbushes, swamps and marshes, the vast ecosystem is designed in such a way that it is capable of containing and sustaining the wildlife therein.

Despite the park’s dry and dusty appearance, it receives a consistent water supply filtered through thousands of feet of volcanic rock from Kilimanjaro’s ice cap. These underground streams converge into clear water springs in the heart of Amboseli Park. The signature dust is a volcanic ash emitted from Mt Kilimanjaro many years ago.

During the dry season, a curious feature of a shimmering dry lake bed appears where mirages of populated horizons punctuated by real herds of zebras and gnus hover around.
Wildlife found here include hippos, buffalo, giraffes, lions and leopards.

The unrivalled views of Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest free-standing mountain in Africa, rising at 5,896m above sea level and its snowcapped summit dominate the landscape. On clear days, it is undoubtedly visible during early mornings and afternoons making it a superb backdrop for wildlife photography.

Amboseli is an important rangeland in the Maasai culture. The ranch areas outside the park offer a wealth of game viewing and walking safaris.
The authentic and rich Maasai culture is also a great attraction for visitors on safari to the park.

Lake Amboseli, a temporary lake and floods during heavy rainy seasons, thus attracting flamingoes. Amboseli is also one of the 60 important Bird Areas (IBA’s) in Kenya and thus it is recognized as globally significant for bird conversations. The birdlife is rich with over 400 bird species, of which 40 are birds of prey.

Visitors can enjoy game viewing, night game drives, bird watching, picknicking, photography, camping, cultural tourism and balloon safaris.

Accessing the Park:
By Road: the Park is accessible through Iremito, Kimana, and Meshanani Gates.
Via Emali to Iremito gate on the main Nairobi to Mombasa Road. (204km). At Emali turn to the Emali-Loitokitok Road. Follow signs to the right leading to Amboseli via Iremito Gate.
Alternatively continue on Loitokitok road to Kimana shopping center and follow the signs to the park through Kimana Gate.

Nairobi – Namanga via Meshanani Gate (220km) the road is tarmacked up to Namanga and murramed from Namanga to Meshanani Gate. There is also a road linking Amboseli National Park and Tsavo West National Park. The road will lead you to the park through Kimana gate (240km).

By Air: The park has a single tarmacked airstrip – Kimana airstrip – Kimana airstrip (1.2km long) for light aircrafts. Other airstrips exit at Kilimanjaro Buffalo Lodge and Namanga town.

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Somali Ostrich Birdlife Facts: 🕊️💡Its neck and thighs are blue with the males becoming bright blue during the mating sea...
20/01/2025

Somali Ostrich Birdlife Facts: 🕊️💡
Its neck and thighs are blue with the males becoming bright blue during the mating season. The neck lacks a typical broad white ring, and the tail feathers are white in colour.

Location: mostly found in the Horn of Africa, especially in north-eastern Ethiopia, southern Djibouti, most parts of Kenya, and Somalia.

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Today's Destination: Sibiloi National Park 👉✈️🧳‘The Cradle of Mankind’ 📸Source ~ KWSKnown as the ‘Cradle of Mankind’, Si...
14/01/2025

Today's Destination: Sibiloi National Park 👉✈️🧳
‘The Cradle of Mankind’

📸Source ~ KWS

Known as the ‘Cradle of Mankind’, Sibiloi National Park was created to protect the sites of the many remarkable hominid fossil discoveries revealed by its searing winds. The park yielded its most striking treasure in 1972 when a 2 million-year-old skull fossil was discovered by eminent paleontologist, Dr Richard Leaky and his team. The almost complete skull (labelled ‘1470’ by the National Museum of Kenya) confirmed the existence of a sophisticated evolutionary hominid named Homo habilis, the direct ancestor of Homo sapiens. Evidence of Homo erectus was also unearthed along with some 160 additional discoveries relating to the early hominids.

At Koobi Fora – situated towards the north of Allia Bay, extensive paleontological discoveries have been made, starting in 1969, with the discovery of Paranthropus boisei. The discovery of Homo habilis thereafter is evidence of the existence of a relatively intelligent hominid two million years ago. It reflects the change in climate from the moist forest grassland that existed before to the current petrified forest form in the present-day hot desert.

The human and pre-human fossils include the remains of five species which are Austrolophithecus anamensis, Homo habilis/rudolfensis, Paranthropus boisei, Homo erectus and Homo sapiens – all of which were found within one locality. Koobi Fora deposits, rich in mammalian, molluscan and other fossil remains, have contributed more to the understanding of human evolution than any other site on the continent.

Aside from being a UNESCO, Man and the Biosphere (MAB) reserve, Sibiloi National Park is also Kenya’s Important Bird Areas (IBA) as defined by Birdlife International, owing to its key stopover for 34 species of Palearctic migrant water birds.

Sizzling with coos, chirps and a blend of bird melodies, South Island is a haven for water bird species and serves as a stopover for rare migrants. Some of the bird species that breed locally include the Goliath heron, African skimmer, white open African billed stork, duck and congregatory birds such as the lesser flamingo. The Park is also famous for the European migrants that sweep across its skies between March and May.

Survivors of an epoch long before mankind, Lake Turkana’s estimated 12,000 crocodiles have not changed in 130 million years. The lake is a major breeding ground for the Nile crocodile most prevalent in numerous areas surrounding the sandy lake shores. Despite their monstrous size and formidable appearance, they are generally inoffensive creatures that live harmoniously with other creatures in the same environment. They feed on the lake’s prolific fish. The island offers exciting views of some of the giant crocodiles in history.

Sibiloi National Park is home to an elephant fossil dating 1.7 million years back. It is one of the most magnificent archaeological findings.

Giant tortoise: This is a 1.6 million-year-old fossil of an extinct tortoise. It is the shell and limb bones of the giant tortoise lying on its back. It is alleged that it may have died by falling from a river bank on its back.
The largest areas of petrified wood lying around Sibiloi National Park are the remains of a once-great cedar forest, which covered the Lake’s shores 7 million years ago.

Lake Turkana Cultural Festival is also a great attraction. This is an annual festival held to celebrate the diverse and rich cultural splendour of the communities living in the area. These include El Molo, Rendille, Samburu, Turkana, Dasanach, Gabbra, Borana, Waata and Burji.

Visitors can enjoy game viewing, camping, walking safaris, picnicking and boat safaris.

Area: 39 sqkm
Location: Lodwar, Turkana County
Gazettement: 1983
Distance from Nairobi: 733KM

Aren’t you intrigued already? Let’s go and discover more about Sibiloi National Park. Shall we?

Accessing the Park:
The park is 733km to the North of Nairobi. It is accessible through Karsa, the main gate and through Alia bay and Koobi foragates.

By air: There are 2 all-weather airstrips in the park. Other airstrips are also found in Marsabit, Loiyangalani, Kalokol, North Horr and Lodwar.
Commercial flights however only operate on the Lodwar airstrip.

By road: The roads connecting the park with the major town have both tarmac and murrum sections. Long distances are however rough roads. High clearance 4WD is essential all year round. Travelling in a convoy is recommended.

The park is a three-day drive from Nairobi via Marsabit and North Horr, or Maralal and South Horr.

Alternatively, travel by road from Nairobi to Kalokol on the lake’s western shores, via Kitale and Lodwar. From Kalokol boat hire services are available across the lake to Alia bay.

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From Kenya and with warm African greetings..!Happy Jamhuri Day! 🍻🎉🥳
12/12/2024

From Kenya and with warm African greetings..!
Happy Jamhuri Day! 🍻🎉🥳

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11/12/2024

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Today's Destination: Tsavo West National Park. 📸~ KWSA Land of Lava, springs, Man-eaters & Magical Sunsets 🧳💡 Altitude: ...
10/12/2024

Today's Destination: Tsavo West National Park. 📸~ KWS
A Land of Lava, springs, Man-eaters & Magical Sunsets 🧳💡

Altitude: 5,00-6,000FT
Area: 9,065 sq. km
Location: Taita Taveta County
Gazettement: 1948
Distance from Nairobi: 240 km

Tearing voraciously through the massive horizons and silhouettes of wild game quickly tripping to the watering holes to gulp one last drink of the day, the Tsavo West sunsets remain surreal, magical and breathtaking!

Painted on a sprawling canvas of endless skies, emerald hills, liquid lava flows, palm-fringed rivers teeming with wildlife and sparkling oases set against the impressive backdrop of miles upon miles of cloud-shadowed African savannah, this park is the second largest protected area in Kenya and is famous for the man-eater lions.

The spectacular Mzima Springs is an impressive sight of a million gallons of clear waters gushing out from the under-parched lava rocks - forming the most welcoming and lovely scenes from Africa’s rolling jungle. The First World War was fought here in the barely explored wilderness of thorny scrub and dense forest of the Tsavos.
Tsavo West is located in Mtito-Andei along the Nairobi-Mombasa Highway. It is home to the Ngulia Rhino Sanctuary which holds a ballooning population of endangered black rhinos.

The park offers glorious game drives with the most magnificent game-viewing experiences in the world. Other wildlife include; leopard, cheetah, buffalo, rhino, elephant, waterbuck, hunters’ hartebeest, gerenuk, giraffe, zebra, lion, plains game, crocodile, hippo, mongoose, hyrax, oryx, dik-dik, lesser kudu, Klipspringer and the nocturnal porcupine.

Thousands of plant species and mixed habitats of bush, grasslands and acacia woodlands dotted with baobab, ivory palm, saltbush, doum palm, tamarind and fig trees find this sanctuary home.
The Poacher’s Lookout and the Roaring Rocks are panoramic vantage points from which to catch a bird’s eye view of the scenic topography and the roaming of wildlife.

Lake Jipe which lies astride the Kenya and Tanzania border, teems up with aquatic life as well as exhibiting an impressive record of over 6000 bird species - making the lake undeniably a birder’s paradise.

Shetani Lava Flow is also a remarkable sight to behold. The molten lava that forms it spewed from the earth about 200 years ago. According to the local folklore, the fiery lava was the devil's work. The picturesque identical five sisters of Tsavo Hills are a volcanic feature that provides a scenic backdrop for wildlife photography.
The park is an excellent destination for outdoor lovers who enjoy walking, offering several nature trails and great opportunities to explore Chaimu Hill on foot.
Visitors can enjoy game viewing, camping, picnicking, bird watching, cave exploration, World War 1 sites and hiking.

Accessing the Park:
By road; Mtito Andei Gate is located 240km from Nairobi and 250km from Mombasa. The park is also accessible through Chyulu Gate from Amboseli National Park. Other access gates are Tsavo River, Lake Jipe, Maktau and Ziwani.

By Air; visitors can jet in using Kilaguni and Finch Hattons airstrips. Other alternative airstrips include Kamboyo, Ziwani, Tsavo River, Lake Jipe, Maktau and Kasigau airstrips.

By Rail; Standard Gauge Railway from Nairobi Terminus to Mtito Andei Station OR from Mombasa Terminus to Mtito Andei Station.

Let’s go for a little adventure in Tsavo!
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05/12/2024

This is Red, the tusker from Tsavo National Park calling on whoever is ready for an Oscar moment.😇🤠
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Today’s Destination: 🧳✈️💡Shimba Hills National Reserve: “Paradise of the Sable Antelope.” 📸~ KWSShimba Hills National Re...
03/12/2024

Today’s Destination: 🧳✈️💡
Shimba Hills National Reserve: “Paradise of the Sable Antelope.”
📸~ KWS

Shimba Hills National Reserve is one of the largest coastal forests in Kenya after the Arabuko-Sukokwe Forest. The reserve is well endowed with flora and fauna. It hosts the endangered Sable Antelope and is home to the highest density of the African elephant. Other forms of wildlife in the reserve include elephants, Giraffes, Leopard, Genet, Civet cats, Hyenas, Waterbuck, Bushpig, Buffalo, African Bush Baby, Bushbuck, Coastal Black and white Colobus e.t.c. Reptiles include pythons, cobras, lizards, and geckos.

With over 111 bird species on record, the reserve is no doubt a birder’s paradise. 22 of which are coastal endemic birds. They include Ostrich Eagle, African Hawk; Falcon, Cuckoo; Guinea-fowl, Kenya Crested; Honeyguide, Greater; Hornbill, e.t.c.

The reserve also hosts the scenic Sheldrick Falls and the dense Mwaluganje Forest providing photographers and nature lovers with endless opportunities to not only be one with nature but also create frozen memories that will last long enough even after they are back home.

Accessing the Reserve: From Mombasa via the ferry at Likoni. Use the main A14 coast road about 10km towards the south. From the main crossroad, take the road climbing to Kwale Town (C106). The main gate is located 1 km from the C106 road and 3 km from Kwale.

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Today's Destination: Marsabit National Park 🧳✈️‘A Remote Paradise for Nature Lovers’ 📸~ KWSMountainous, misty yet effort...
26/11/2024

Today's Destination: Marsabit National Park 🧳✈️
‘A Remote Paradise for Nature Lovers’ 📸~ KWS

Mountainous, misty yet effortlessly breathtaking, this park features a dense montane forest and three crater lakes that provide a haven for a variety of birdlife, mammals and reptiles. The forested mountain rises spectacularly from the middle of a desert wilderness and acts as the only permanent water catchment area in the region.

The all-beautiful Marsabit National Park is a refuge for the huge tusked bull elephants. It was home to the most famed elephant, Ahmed, until his death at an estimated age of 63. The patriarch, Ahmed was accorded a 24-hour round-the-clock protection from poachers through a presidential decree issued in early 1970s. A model of elephant Ahmed now stands tall at the National Museum of Kenya in Nairobi.

The extinct volcanic craters that are locally known around the park as gofs, make Marsabit such a wonderland. Located on the eastern side of the park is Gof Bongole - the largest and stagiest of the craters with a dizzying 10-kilometre round rim. The natural amphitheatre of Gof Sokorte Guda has a 150-meter-high Caldera that shelters the fresh waters of Lake Paradise. Most of these Craters are home to a diverse number of bird species.

The park is an overflowing adventure destination depicting an array of endless activity options that await nature enthusiasts. Sometimes, the only therapy the human mind, body and soul craves and thirsts for is the simple yet magically refreshing moments in the quietude of space and time just sitting in pin-drop silence save for the in-between chirping birds and trumpeting elephants. Watching the sunrise and sunset, a flower bud determined to pop open, chatty birds drinking from the fountain of some wild nectar, a static colourful butterfly perched on lush flower buds, daydreaming and a tone of other little thrilling moments, is mind-boggling!

Interesting to see is the Marsabit Cultural Museum and Information Centre. The facility acts as an education hub for disseminating information about the park and the culture of the locals. The museum preserves bits and pieces of a rich culture, traditions of the people of the larger northern Kenya, their tools of trade and traditional regalia. The space also hosts a gallery of several mounted images of wildlife in the park and the local people. These images are captured and donated by individuals and organizations in support of conservation efforts in Kenya to display a beautiful blend of culture, wildlife and scenic landscapes.

Marsabit County is home to over 10 different communities, each with a unique and pristine culture. These include; the larger pastoralist communities such as Borana, Gabbra, Rendile, Turkana, Somali, Samburu, and the lesser-known agro-pastoralists; skilled blacksmiths, hunters and gatherers such as, but not limited to the Burji, Saakuye, Konso, Waata, Garti, Sidama and Dasanach.

A visit to the park is not complete without a short trip to the singing wells. The wells feature a shared animal watering point for domestic and wild animals. Herdsmen bring their animals to the well where they go down to fetch water filling the water trough, and the animals quench, the men break into songs and choruses that infiltrate into the air, hence the title ‘Singing Wells’.

Visitors can enjoy hikes in the dense forest with a closed high canopy wreathed in mist, camel rides, bird watching, bush trekking, camping and visits to the Singing Wells – Lake Paradise and Elephant Pool.

Accessing the Park:
By Road: from Nairobi via Nanyuki and Isiolo, a distinace of 570 km. The A2 highways is tarmacked all the way to Moyale town. The Park is served by 3 gates; Ahmed, Ajmarko and Karare Gate. Abdul Gate leads to the park headquarters and guesthouses.

By Air: The nearest airstrip is in Marsabit town 4 km from Abdul Gate.

Altitude: 1,000-5,000ft
Area: 360 sq. km
Location: Marsabit County
Gazettement: 1967
Distance from Nairobi: 530 km

Let's go see this paradise together.
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15/11/2024

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Today's Destination: Lake Nakuru National Park 📸~ KWS‘A beautiful Wildlife Haven’.Capturing the hearts of many, the lake...
12/11/2024

Today's Destination: Lake Nakuru National Park 📸~ KWS
‘A beautiful Wildlife Haven’.

Capturing the hearts of many, the lake rests squarely on the floor of the Great Rift Valley. The vegetation surrounding the park is characterized by woody and bushy grassland. The sky-mirrored lake waters of this haven extend to an expansive mass of semi-alkaline water.

Lake Nakuru National Park is a ball of beautiful sights and sounds waiting to be explored. A wide ecological diversity, varied wildlife habitats, plants, and animal species await the wild outdoor lovers. The park is a uniquely rewarding game-viewing destination and a sanctuary for the black and white rhinos.

Initially, the world-famous park was established as Kenya’s first rhino sanctuary. Despite the recent introduction of several white rhinos in the park, Lake Nakuru National Park still hosts one of the largest rhino concentrations in the country. The park also plays sanctuary to the stunning flocks of the lesser flamingos, which literally, colour the shores of the lake pink. In addition, the park hosts about 450 species of birds including water, fish-eating, terrestrial and migratory birds.

Carnivores present in the park include Lions and leopards. Other wildlife species include the spotted and striped hyena, serval cat as well as the silver-backed and side-striped jackal, civet, genet and mongoose. Giraffes, zebras, hippos and buffalo are also present. The most visible primates are the somber-olive baboons and the mysterious black-faced vervet and colobus monkeys. The rock hyrax and klipspringer occupy the cliffs, crevices, and escarpments.

Catch the best views of the lake from the park’s vantage points which include the Baboon Cliff, the Lion Hill and Out of Africa Hill. Discover some great picnic spaces at Baboon Cliff, Out of Africa Hill and Makalia waterfalls.

Visitors can enjoy game viewing, picnicking, camping, bird watching, lake boating and scenic views of the park vantage points.
Accessing the Park:

By road; the park is located 156km west of Nairobi on the main A104 road. The park is readily accessible from the main Nairobi – Nakuru highway at Lanet Gate, Nderit Gate and the Main Gate 4 km from Nakuru City.

By air; Naishi Airstrip located just next to Naishi Guest House is serviceable.

*NB: Visitors accessing the park from Nairobi are encouraged to use Lanet Gate to avoid traffic in Nakuru City.

Altitude: 5,770FT
Area: 188 sq. km
Location: Nakuru County
Gazettement: 1986
Distance from Nairobi: 157 km

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Did you know there are three species of pangolin, and are all found in Kenya? 😇💡These are the Temminck’s pangolin, the T...
11/11/2024

Did you know there are three species of pangolin, and are all found in Kenya? 😇💡These are the Temminck’s pangolin, the Tree pangolin, and the Giant Ground pangolin.

Pangolins being listed as critically endangered species by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Kenya has launched its first 2024-2028 National Recovery and Action Plan to protect the endangered pangolin in the country.

To read about the plan please visit here, https://shorturl.at/mua18
📸~ KWS

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