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National Parks and Reserves |
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For
the live entertainment that most people come to see, the 117
Sq. Kms (44 Sq. Miles) Nairobi National Park ranks the
first and is so close to the city one could call it a suburb
inhabited by animals. The main gate brings you into the wooded
Langata corner, where you are quite likely to find Lions strolling
along the road. More often though, they are lying up in the
shade of a thorn tree, or among some rocks. The early evening
is the time to see them, when they are waking up from their
afternoon siesta. Other wildlife include Zebra, Kongoni, Gazelle,
Wildebeeste, Giraffe, Impala, an occasional Rhino, Baboons,
Crocodile and Hippos in the river pools, Leopard, Cheetah,
Hyena, Eland, Warthog and Ostrich. Remember not to get out
of your car except at the signposted picnic places and that
this is still at your own risk. The park is open all year. |
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Adjacent
to the Meru National Park, on the south of the Tana River,
is the Kora Game Reserve, created largely through the effort
of George Adamson,
whose remarkable effort in rehabilitating tame lions has made
him a legend in Kenya. He died in 1989. There are tracks
negotiable by ordinary cars. Camping is permitted. The Kora
National Reserve was gazetted in 1973 and comprises of an
area of a little over 1787 Sq. Kms. This triangle of
dense woodland and scrub is limited along its 65 km northern
boundary by the Tana River, which rises in the highlands between
Aberdares and Mount Kenya, before commencing its 700 km
passage to the Indian Ocean. The western boundary follows
a straight line from Tana River which forms a joint boundary
with the adjacent Kitui Reserve, while the eastern boundary
runs along Mwitamyisi River.
The land surface slopes gently from an altitude of 490m
in the southwest and about 270m in the northeast. Central
areas comprise of an undulating peneplain through which Basement
ridges protrude above the surface as rocky inselbergs the
highest of which are Mansumbi, 488 m, Kumbulanwa, 450m and Kora Rock, 442m. The park also has several seasonal rivers.
Kora has a unique and diverse fauna. Twenty one species
of fish have been caught along the Kora stretch of Tana
River. Almost 500 species of insects, 33 species of molluscs,
40 species of reptiles, 5 species of amphibians, 215 species
of birds and 51 species of mammals including elephant,
Lesser Kudu, wild dog, striped and spotted hyenas, lion, leopard
and cheetah. |
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Lake
Nakuru National Park |
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Lake Nakuru National Park could be one of the greatest attraction in Nakuru with its
fantastic agglomeration of lesser flamingoes. These are
estimated to number between one and two million
and make the lake shore seem pink, while 389 species
of other waterbirds have been recorded. A rhino sanctuary
has been established and rhinos have been brought in from
Solio Ranch. The national park covers 52 Sq. Kms
in area. Lake Nakuru Lodge and Sarova Lion Hill Lodge are
two places one can find accommodation. |
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