Within the large wildlife reserve and research center that is Mpala, there’s a smaller area where researchers and staff live and lounge. This area is surrounded by electric fences that keep out the biggest of animals–elephants, hippo, giraffe, buffalo, and lions. Even just in this small space, though, birds and smaller mammals are abundant (and often very habituated to people). Also, the front porch of the kitchen/dining hall boasts sunrise views stunning enough to make jet-lagged 4:30am wakeups a blessing.
Impala (Aepyeros melampus)
Guenther’s Dikdik (Madoqua guentheri)
White-browed Sparrow-weaver (Plocepasser mahali)
Vervet monkey (Cercopithecus aethipos)
Superb starling (Lamprotornis superbus)
Unstriped Ground Squirrel (Xerus rutilus)
Red-billed hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus)
Bush Hyrax (Heterohyrax brucei)
Mount Kenya
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