National Parks and Reserves
Masai Mara staring into the face of disaster
Kenya’s premier safari destination, Masai Mara national reserve has been the pillar of the Sh100 billion tourism sector for decades. But the national reserve that is famed for its annual wildebeest’s migration could soon be just pale shadow of itself, as the effects of an imbalance between the expansion of tourism and continued natural degradation More...
New Trail and Visitor Information Center in the Rwenzori Mountains
The Rwenzori Mountains, the fabled ‘Mountains of the Moon’ described by the Alexandrine geographer Ptolemy 2,162 years ago, lie in western Uganda along the Uganda-Congo border. Rwenzori Mountains The equatorial More...
Mystic Kidepo National park
A giraffe at Kidepo Valley National park. It is one of the main attractions at the park. Photos BY David Mafabi When it comes to adventure, Kidepo Valley National Game Park stands out, this invaluable natural resource More...
Serengeti Park gets anti-poaching vehicles
Serengeti National Park (SENAPA) has received a donation of two brand new vehicles to be used in intensifying antipoaching patrols within the park. SENAPA Chief Park Warden Mr Mtango Mtahiko “These vehicles will More...
Rain forest in Rwanda’s main natural forest in danger of extinction
The Government has decided to declare it a national reserve where tourism would be directed to supporting conservation efforts and research KIGALI, (Xinhua) — Nyungwe rain forest in the southwestern region More...
Keen family signs ‘easement’ contract to add crucial land to Nairobi National Park
Nairobi National Park main gate at Langata The conservation fraternity had reason to celebrate this week when the park was expanded by 100 hectares or over 250 acres of land, courtesy of John Keen and his family, More...
Gifted but branded no-go zones
Tourists admiring a herd of elephants at Murchison Falls National Game Park.photo by benon herbert oluka Murchison Falls National Park, which sits astride the River Nile and straddles Masindi, Buliisa and Gulu Districts More...
Richard Branson opening game reserve in Kenya’s Masai Mara, will help protect migration
Sir Richard Branson opens Sekenani Primary School, Masai Mara, Kenya NAIROBI, Kenya – British billionaire Richard Branson says he plans to open a luxury camp in a new reserve next to Kenya’s famed Masai More...
Moratorium for Mara and Amboseli after all?
Announcements made by Kenyas tourism minister Najib Balala a few days ago have heartened the conservation fraternity and given them hope that once the long overdue management plan for the Masai Mara Game Reserve More...
Flooded Muzizi river disrupts key road link between parks
The most direct connection for travel by road between Murchisons Falls National Park and the Queen Elizabeth National Park, with Kibale, Rwenzori and the Semliki Game Reserve also enroute, has been cut yesterday More...
