t is a home for the big five lion, leopards, elephants, rhinos and buffaloes. It holds over 12% of Kenya’s eastern black rhinos population and the largest single population of Grevy’s zebras in the world (350 individuals). It serves as a safe refuge for endangered wildlife animals. The Conservancy is also home to more than 400 species of birds.
It is named after Solio who was a great Maasai chief. Solio Ranch or Solio Game Reserve is a privately owned wildlife conservancy located in Kenya’s Central Province. The ranch is a fenced, privately owned protected area geared toward rhino conservation, it plays a major part in the protection and breeding black rhinos in Kenya The rhino is a member of the ‘Big-Five’, which are a key tourist attraction. This ranch is recognized as one of the most successful private rhino breeding reserves in Kenya. The animals live in harmony with other wildlife, including the buffalo, zebra, giraffe and eland, oryx, impala, waterbuck, thompson’s gazelle and warthog.
This Forest is a tropical rainforest situated in the Kakamega and Kisumu Counties of Kenya, and nears to the border with Uganda. It is Kenya’s only tropical rainforest and is said to be Kenya’s last remnant of the ancient Guineo-Congolian rainforest. This Beautiful forest homes various mammals including bush pigs, giant forest hedgehogs, colobus monkeys, Debrazzar monkeys and pottos. Some of the birds to be seen here include the Blue Headed Bee Eater, Black Billed Turaco, Turner’s Eremomela and Grey Parrots. Bird watching, hiking and rock climbing can be enjoyed here in the serenity of the forest that time forgot. The sheer abundance of birdlife here is overwhelming. It is an important primate reserves, and the forest is full of monkeys of many species. Beautiful Chameleons are often seen in the undergrowth. At night the forest is a different world, the air filled with bats and ringing with the sounds of frogs, night birds and the booming call of the giant forest squirrel.
It is a soda lake. Its name was derived from the Masaai word muteita meaning “dust place”, a reference to the dryness and dustyness of the area, especially between January and March It homes over 400 bird species, there are 13 globally-threatened and 8 regionally-threatened species that live there. Both Greater and Lesser Flamingo varieties are attracted to Lake Elmenteita by the insect larvae, crustaceans, and blue-green algae. This lake is the only breeding colony in East Africa for Great White Pelicans with over 8000 breeding pairs. There are over 100 species of migratory birds, including the African Spoonbill, Black-Necked Grebe, Yellow Billed Stork, Gull Billed Tern, Pied Avocet, Black Winged Stilt, and Grey-Headed Gull. These lands have an important role along the African-Eurasian flyway system, where billions of birds travel from northern breeding grounds to African spots in the winter months.
MOUNT. LONGONOT NATIONAL PARK
The Mount is a strato volcano located southeast of Lake Naivasha in the Great Rift Valley of Kenya, Africa. It last erupted in the 1860s. This name was derived from the Maasai word Oloonong’ot, meaning “mountains of many spurs” or “steep ridges”. It has a unique feature which is the thick forest that lies within the crater of the mountain. The crater rim also provides great scenic views across the beautiful Rift Valley all the way to Lake Naivasha. It host wildlife attractions at Mount Longonot include buffaloes, elands, lion, leopard, bushbucks, common zebra, giraffe and Grant’s gazelles.
MOUNT. KENYA NATIONAL PARK
The park is within the mountain itself, is the highest mountain in Kenya and the second-highest in Africa, after Kilimanjaro. Mt Kenya national park host animals like Elephants, tree hyrax, white tailed mongoose, suni, black fronted duiker, mole rat, bushbucks, water buck and Elands. Animals rarely seen include leopard, bongo, giant forest hog .Over 130 bird species have been recorded. The scenery surrounding this designated World Heritage Site is breath-taking. It is pristine wilderness with lakes, tarns, glaciers, dense forest