{"id":8122,"date":"2018-04-20T08:08:08","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T08:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/AFRICAtime\/?p=8122"},"modified":"2020-07-09T10:14:33","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T09:14:33","slug":"spotted-on-safari-this-week-by-jonah-mwakitawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/spotted-on-safari-this-week-by-jonah-mwakitawa\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotted on Safari this week by Jonah Mwakitawa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8124\" style=\"width: 586px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/45f084fd-1c6c-4bc2-87e6-cba4a96da3a2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8124\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-8124 size-large\" title=\"Elephants in Amboseli\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/45f084fd-1c6c-4bc2-87e6-cba4a96da3a2-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Elephant in front of Mount Kilimanjaro\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/45f084fd-1c6c-4bc2-87e6-cba4a96da3a2-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/45f084fd-1c6c-4bc2-87e6-cba4a96da3a2-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/45f084fd-1c6c-4bc2-87e6-cba4a96da3a2.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8124\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elephant in front of Mount Kilimanjaro<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In this week&#8217;s Spotted on Safari we are delighted to share some photos taken by Jonah Mwakitawa, who has been with Somak since 1998. He studied business administration and his diploma paved his path into the tourism industry, and after attaining a Tour Guiding qualification at Kenya Utalii College, Jonah began a long and successful career with Somak, spanning over 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>Jonah speaks excellent Japanese as well as holding a certificate in ornithology, which is a branch of zoology that is concerned with\u00a0the study of birds. He has earned the rank of Bronze-Level Guide and is also a qualified First Aider.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8125\" style=\"width: 586px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8125\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-8125 size-large\" title=\"Elephants in Amboseli\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/60bb3b26-f6aa-4c0c-a3ac-1c9d01740e47-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Elephants in front of Mount Kilimanjaro\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/60bb3b26-f6aa-4c0c-a3ac-1c9d01740e47-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/60bb3b26-f6aa-4c0c-a3ac-1c9d01740e47-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/60bb3b26-f6aa-4c0c-a3ac-1c9d01740e47.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8125\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mount Kiliminjaro<\/p><\/div>\n<p>His recent safaris have taken him to Nanyuki, which has magnificent views of Mount Kilimanjaro, where he has shared breathtaking photos of Elephants against the stunning backdrop of the mountain to Ol Pejeta Conservancy, where he shared an adorable photo of the last two Northern White Rhinos, Fatu and Najma having some carrots as treats with their adopted mum Tawa, which is a really special sight.<\/p>\n<p>Ol Pejeta has been in the spotlight recently for it is where Sudan, the last Northern White Rhino in the world sadly passed away in March 2018, leaving behind Fatu and Najma as the remaining 2 surviving Northern White Rhinos in the world.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8123\" style=\"width: 586px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8123\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-8123 size-large\" title=\"Rhinos at Ol Pejeta, Kenya\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/image1-1-576x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Three rhinos in Kenya\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/image1-1-576x1024.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/image1-1-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/image1-1.jpeg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8123\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rhinos at Ol Pejeta<\/p><\/div>\n<p>He also managed to spot a Leopard in a tree, which is a fantastic thing to see and quite rare.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8126\" style=\"width: 586px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8126\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-8126 size-large\" title=\"Leopard in a tree\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/781696c4-66f0-4fc0-a690-8b356d176352-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Leopard in a tree in Kenya\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/781696c4-66f0-4fc0-a690-8b356d176352-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/781696c4-66f0-4fc0-a690-8b356d176352-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/781696c4-66f0-4fc0-a690-8b356d176352.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8126\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leopard in a tree<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If seeing Jonah&#8217;s fabulous photos has inspired you to want to go on a safari in Kenya, we have some amazing itineraries available or we can, alternatively, tailor-make an itinerary for you.<\/p>\n<p>We would love to work with you to plan the safari holiday of a lifetime. For more information on how our safari experts can help you, call Somak Holidays today on 020 8423 3000, or visit our website here for more inspiration:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/kenya-safari\">https:\/\/www.somak.com\/kenya-safari<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>All Photos are credited to Jonah\u00a0Mwakitawa<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":8123,"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":[440,604,11,1,580],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-inspiration-africa","category-kenya","category-uncategorized","category-wildlife-and-safari"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/image1-1.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8122","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\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8122"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10965,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8122\/revisions\/10965"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}