BY Rupi Mangat
Above: Tree Fern Forest in Vuria. Copyright Rupi Mangat Published: 29 December 2018 It’s a hide-and-seek game with the mist and the mountains. Standing at the base of Vuria, the rock peaks vanish in the white mist only to reappear and vanish time and again. Vuria is the highest hill of the Taita Hills. The […]
BY Rupi Mangat
Part 1 of 2 Above: Ngangao Cliff face that is part of the Taita Hills. Copyright Rupi Mangat Published: 22 December 2018 Nestled in Ngangao on the ancient hills of the Easter Arc Mountains I love the forests of the Taita Hills because they are one of the most amazing places on earth. Rising from […]
BY Rupi Mangat
On the magical mist mountains of Taita Hills Above: The ancient crystalline rock face of Ngangao some 260 million years old in Taita Hills – during the time of the dinosaurs. Copyright Rupi Mangat Published: Saturday magazine, Nation newspaper, 19 May 2018 “It’s the nest of Taita thrush,” whispers Handrison Mwameso, the guide from […]
BY Rupi Mangat
Searching for the skulls caves in Taita Hills Published: 12 May 2018 Saturday Nation magazine Nation newspaper, Kenya Above: Taita Hills – the magical mist mountains – copyright Rupi Mangat The plan is to enjoy the indigenous forest of Vuria. I have no intention of puffing up to the peak which is the highest of […]
BY Rupi Mangat
Published 7 April 2018 Saturday Nation magazine In the Taita Hills I’m back with a mission. Staring at the gigantic bare rock face of Iyale, one of the high peaks of the Taita Hills, l’m sizing it up to summit it. The Taita Hills is the amazing chain of massifs that make the Eastern Arc […]
BY Rupi Mangat
Part 2 of 2 Published Saturday magazine Nation media 20 January 2018 Above: The peak of IYale – second highest of Taita Hills Copyright Rupi Mangat Older than the age of dinosaurs these hills continue to fascinate nature lovers With a few more days in the hills with a mission to spot Taita apalis, our […]
BY Rupi Mangat
Part 1 of 2 An ancient massif of endemic plants and animals Published: Saturday magazine, Nation newspaper 13 January 2018 Above: Taita apalis – criticaly endangered – fewer than 200 survive today in fragmented forests of the Taita Hills in an area of five square kilometers (copyright Luca Borghesio) The mist swirls and whirls, […]
BY Rupi Mangat
in Nairobi’s urban sprawl Published Saturday magazine Nation newspaper 9 September 2017 Above: Saddle bill stork in Nairobi National Park. Copyright Sidney Shema Nairobi is the birding capital of the world with more than 500 species recorded of the feathered kind. Few cities can rival that. So when on a Wednesday morning it was announced […]
BY Rupi Mangat
BIRD IN DANGER The Taita Apalis is a small songbird found only in Kenya: only in the forests of the Taita Hills. And it can become Kenya’s first bird to become extinct if nothing is done to save its habitat. Today fewer than 200 remain. It is therefore CRITICALLY ENDANGERED – threatened with extinction. If […]
