Sights and Sounds of Kenya

24/07/2024

Thread of the most surreal beaches on Earth

1. Pathway to Atlantis, Thailand
2. The "flying boats" of Castro Marina, Italy
3. These are Chicama waves, the longest and most perfect in the world, occurring at a single point on the Peruvian coast. It looks photoshopped, but it’s just nature at its finest.

Nothing can be built within a two-kilometer radius to preserve their natural formation.
4. The natural pool of Masua, Sardinia
5. There's a place in Iceland where a green field, a yellow river, a black beach and the ocean meet.

This magical place is known as Holtsós
6. Namibia, where the desert meets the ocean
7. Cannon Beach, Oregon

The rock from The Goonies.
8. Arcomagno beach, Italy
9. Giant’s Causeway Beach, Ireland

This ethereal place features about 40,000 black basalt columns, the result of a volcanic eruption from 50 to 60 million years ago. As the lava cooled, it contracted and fractured into these stunning vertical columns.
10. Cala Luna, Sardinia
11. Glass Beach in Fort Bragg, California

The glass found here dates back to when it was used as a dumpsite in the early to mid-1900s. Decades of ocean waves have gradually eroded and polished the glass to its present form.
12. Golden Horn beach, Croatia
13. Vaadhoo, Maldives

Renowned for its 'Sea of the Stars' effect created by phytoplankton, this stunning island gleams with a fluorescent colour when bioluminescence is in season.
14. The beach of Vila Franca Islet, Portugal

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The speed at which the beak of a woodpecker hits the trunk of a tree is 7 m/s. And at the moment when the beak meets the tree, the bird's head experiences a blow, the force of which is 1000 times greater than the force of gravity.

However, in these birds, the space between the layers of dense bone matter is filled with peculiar plates running parallel to the outer dense layers. Due to this, shock vibrations dissipate and weaken.

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Amazing 😄😄

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The giraffe is the only animal that is born with horns.

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Elephants have flat feet. There is a special jelly-like mass under the sole, which allows elephants to move silently and pass through swamps without getting bogged down in them.

29/06/2024

Elephant attack 😲

28/05/2024

A stray hippo 🦛 at Gilgil destroys a motorcycle 🏍️ and causing chaos within GEMA estate

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Did you know that rhino pregnancies last 15 – 16 months?

The only animals with longer gestation periods are elephants, which carry a fetus for close to 2 years!

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24/05/2024

Ati msafara wa mamba haukosi nini ? Haki nyinyi !

📷Diane Zumbach 🇰🇪❣️

24/05/2024

Mountaineer Cheruiyot Kirui: Sh7m budget, 10-day wait and heartbreaking news
https://nation.africa/kenya/news/cheruiyot-kirui-after-sh7m-ill-fated-mt-everest-hike-4633092

24/05/2024

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Enjoy the warm hospitality of traditional Samburu and Laikipiak Maasai warriors, who welcome and host you throughout your stay. Start your day with a sunrise from your Star Bed and end it by sharing stories around the log fire in the Star Beds lounge.

Join us for an unforgettable adventure in the heart of Loisaba Conservancy, where nature and luxury blend seamlessly.

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The Elewana Collection

16/05/2024

Settler Mansions-Gibbs House
It's located in Wanjohi Ward, Kipipiri Constituency. It stands at the foothills of the Aberdare Ranges, about three kilometres from Rironi trading centre on the Njabini-Ol Kalou road.
The house was once home of Alistair Gibb (a cousin of Lady Delamere) whose Father Alexander Gibb owned the construction company (Alexander Gibb & Partners)-founded in 1922 by the noted Scottish Civil Engineer, Sir Alexander Gibb.

This imposing mansion sits on three acres of land and features large rooms with wooden flooring, made of red cedar.

It has a steeply sloping shingles roof, with six chimneys popping out of the main building and an additional chimney on an extension of the building.

The wooden pillars on its backyard porches and the white plaster on the walls have maintained their integrity over the years.

Tufts of moss have grown on parts of the shingled roof, otherwise, the roof is excellent. A few cracks on parts of the wall betray its age but save for that, the walls are good as new.

Today, cattle and sheep from neighbouring families graze on the lush grassland surrounding the house, wending their way around the stinging nettles abounding the grassland.

The unending splash of water cascading down a scenic waterfall directly above in the Aberdare is one of the soothing dividends of a visit to this house.

One can also venture into the nearby wild for a walk up the Aberdare, and to Mau Mau caves, where one can sample the abundant birdlife and colobus monkeys.
Speke's camp

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Two great champions.

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Land of love Africa ❤

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Walking with Giraffes on Crescent Island.
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Thank you for the photo

26/05/2023

Incredible Photography 📸 Africa

28/11/2022

After a couple of months with no sightings one of our beautiful pythons came out and got lucky. Only on Crescent Island.
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In 1983, Jock and Betty Leslie - Melville brought six more giraffes to their property in Lang'ata, Nairobi. They then started the breeding program for the Baringo Giraffes with the 8 giraffes. This program has been running for 41 years now.

With guidance from the , the breeding program involves breeding the endangered Baringo giraffes. Young giraffes are transferred to other Rothschild giraffe conservation areas every two to three years, increasing the wild population of this Giraffe subspecies.

From time to time, we bring young giraffes from the wild. This is intended to prevent inbreeding and maintain a strong gene pool of the endangered Baringo Giraffe. Kenya Wildlife Service has been very instrumental in the success of this program.

The close collaboration between The Giraffe Centre and The Kenya Wildlife Service has been a resounding success. Since the inception of the Giraffe Centre, a total of 29 giraffes have been successfully bred and trans-located back to the wild. 12 were males and 17 were females.