By RUPI MANGATMore by this AuthorTwenty-two years ago I landed at Tortilis Camp bordering Amboseli National Park and I was enchanted. It was one of the first eco-camps in community conservancies bordering national parks. Now I’m back in the grove of the tortilis trees, framed by the jaw-dropping snow-peaked Kilimanjaro, and it’s full moon over the mountain. A pride of lions is said to be basking by the Amboseli Elephant Research Centre founded by Cynthia Moss, who pioneered elephant research in Amboseli and founded Amboseli Trust for Elephants. Dr David Western, who started his research in Amboseli in the 1960s, studied the relationship of pastoral communities and wildlife.

Source: Daily Nation May 05, 2017 16:46 UTC