Kenya Wildlife

Kenya has a tropical climate which makes it verybeen opened to help conserve this great wildlife
conducive as a home for wildlife. The climate is hotheritage. Poaching had been a great problem in the
and humid in the coast region and very dry in thepast threatening the existence of the elephants and
north. The central part of the country is a bit coolthe rhinos. This has since been banned and the
and enjoys adequate amounts of rainfall. The regionpopulation of the two is rising steadily. The most
is usually hot in during the day and cool at night. Itpopular animals in the region are the lion, 'King of the
has two seasons of rainfall. These are the long rainsJungle', the elephant, the buffalo, the leopard and the
which are in April to June and the short rains whichrhino. These make up the big five community. They
are in October to December. The Great Rift Valleyare normally found in the savanna grasslands where
that passes through the Kenyan highlands makes itthere is a lot of food and water available. The
also very fertile. It has also born many fresh and saltwildebeest's migration which takes place in the
water lakes such as Lake Bogoria and Lake Nakuru.months of June and September is now the 8th
The animals are normally found ion the great savannawonder of the world. Kenya gets a lot of tourists
regions of the country such as the Masaai Mara. Aduring this season.
number of game parks and game reserves have