Journeys Through Africa

Wandering in Vuria and Iyale on the Mist Mountains of the Taita Hills

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 […]

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Second peak of Iyale beyond the first copyright Rupi Mangat

Scaling Iyale

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 […]

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