{"id":11319,"date":"2021-09-15T09:37:18","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T08:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/?p=11319"},"modified":"2021-09-15T09:43:59","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T08:43:59","slug":"kenya-wildlife-census","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/kenya-wildlife-census\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya Wildlife Census"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11320\" style=\"width: 790px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11320\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-11320 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/photos-by-beks-B3fLaAAy6nU-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"elephants in Samburu\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/photos-by-beks-B3fLaAAy6nU-unsplash.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/photos-by-beks-B3fLaAAy6nU-unsplash-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/photos-by-beks-B3fLaAAy6nU-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11320\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photos by Beks, Unsplash<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Kenya\u2019s heritage of natural beauty and scenic splendour is made substantially richer because of the magnificent and diverse wildlife. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/kenya\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Kenya<\/span><\/a> is renowned for its rich bio-diversity that spans air, water, and land; natural wealth that makes it a conservation and tourism destination second to none.<\/p>\n<p>As the world struggles with both climate change and human activities that threaten botanical and zoological life as well as their habitats, Kenya is leading the way by implementing bold and decisive actions to conserve and promote its ecological wealth.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11321\" style=\"width: 790px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11321\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-11321 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/WhiteRhinos.jpg\" alt=\"White rhinos in Kenya\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/WhiteRhinos.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/WhiteRhinos-452x300.jpg 452w, https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/WhiteRhinos-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/WhiteRhinos-207x136.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/WhiteRhinos-462x306.jpg 462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11321\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">White rhinos<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Kenya&#8217;s first National Wildlife Census, covering both land and aquatic wildlife, takes to the air after launching on May 7th 2021. Planes, helicopters, boats and 4x4s were deployed in the task. The census is conducted through a partnership with the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife, the Kenya Wildlife Service and the newly-created Wildlife Research &amp; Training Institute.<\/p>\n<p>Previously only specific animals were counted; this census, however, includes all animals.<\/p>\n<p>The preliminary data is already \u2018very worrying\u2019, according to the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), many of the animals were spotted around watering holes close to people&#8217;s homes, a sign of extensive human encroachment into wildlife territory.<\/p>\n<p>Somak Luxury Travel are committed to conservation, and we work with partners like the Born Free Foundation to promote the continued survival and advancement of Africa&#8217;s wildlife. We care, not only because our industry relies on wildlife, but also because we have seen firsthand the damage that has been done already in our over fifty years of existence. We know that action must be taken now to ensure that the wildlife we love is there forever.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11322\" style=\"width: 790px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11322\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-11322 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ahmed-galal-Hv8SnfpX_Mw-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"5 cheetahs\" width=\"1000\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ahmed-galal-Hv8SnfpX_Mw-unsplash.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ahmed-galal-Hv8SnfpX_Mw-unsplash-375x300.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ahmed-galal-Hv8SnfpX_Mw-unsplash-768x614.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11322\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Picture by Ahmad Galal, Unsplash<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Our popular Cheetah Safari in Kenya is filled with adventure and magnificent wildlife, visiting two main national parks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/kenya\/samburu-shaba-meru\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Samburu<\/span><\/a> and the world-famous <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/kenya\/masai-mara\">Masai Mara<\/a><\/span>. Book now and depart next year. Departing Heathrow 12 June 2022: 1 night Nairobi followed by 7 nights safari from \u00a32330 per person, based on two sharing.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/kenya\/holidays\/cheetah-safari\">https:\/\/www.somak.com\/kenya\/holidays\/cheetah-safari<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[604,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inspiration-africa","category-kenya"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ahmed-galal-Hv8SnfpX_Mw-unsplashsmall.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11319"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11327,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11319\/revisions\/11327"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}