Travel Guide:kenya

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    Pretty in Pink: Rare Pink Hippo Photographed in Kenya

    A French couple spotted a rare pink hippo in Kenya’s Masai Mara National Reserve. As noted in the New York Post, the unusual rose-colored hippo was photographed by a French couple in Kenya’s Masai Mara National Reserve. This hippo’s pink hue, with speckled gray spots, is the result of a condition called leucism, meaning a partial loss of pigmentation.

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    Endangered Rhinos in Kenya Are Taking Back Their Land

    A joint effort is helping 20 black rhinos reclaim their habitat in Kenya. On a stretch of land in Kenya, the last rhino for miles was killed 25 years ago. Eastern black rhinos, murdered by poachers for their horns, have not set foot in the 100-square-mile native habitat since, and their numbers worldwide plummeted by 98 percent between 1960 and 1995 because of hunting and poaching.

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    16 Ways the Masai Mara Reserve Will Blow Your Mind (Hint: There Are Baby Animals Involved!)

    You've been dreaming about going to the Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya to see the great wildebeest migration, but a part of you is wondering, once I see the first few hundred wildebeest, won't I get bored? The answer: Are you kidding?! But for the sake of argument, lets say that for some bizarre reason you're the one in a million that would find one of the most captivating natural wonders uninteresting. Have no fear, because there is so much more too see.

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    WATCH: Happy Friday! Let's Take a Mud Bath With Some Adorable Baby Elephants

    No trip to Kenya is complete without visiting the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, outside of Nairobi, which runs a baby-elephant orphanage. Locals have found the babies in the bush, usually in different stages of starvation, mourning over the bodies of their parents, who have been killed for their tusks.