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Kenya -Welcome to the vibrant culture

Kenya from Gokhan Yorgancigil on Vimeo. Kenya is named after Mount Kenya- the second tallest Mountain in Africa. The Kikuyu people who lived around present day Mt Kenya referred to it as Kirinyaga or Kerenyaga, meaning mountain of whiteness because of its snow capped peak. Mt Kirinyaga which was the main landmark became synonymous with…

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The Miraculous Water Horse – Hippopotamuses

Hippopotamuses are large, round, water-loving animals that are native to Africa. The hippo’s proportions reflect its sedentary, amphibious existence. Its plump and bulky body is set on short, stumpy legs, with each foot having four toes. Although webbed, the toes splay enough to distribute the weight evenly over each toe and therefore adequately support the hippo on land. Two hippo species are found in Africa. The large hippo, found in East Africa, occurs south of the Sahara. This social, group-living mammal is so numerous in some areas that “cropping” schemes are used to control populations that have become larger than the habitat can sustain. The other, much smaller (440 to 605 pounds) species of hippo is the pygmy hippopotamus. Limited to very restricted ranges in West Africa, it is a shy, solitary forest dweller, and now rare.

More Reasons To Visit Africa

Welcome to the trip of Africa. Dutch traders landed at the southern tip of modern day South Africa in 1652 and established a stopover point on the spice route between the Netherlands and the Far East, founding the city of Cape Town . This is where humanity began: our ancestors’ traces are still evident in fossilized footprints 80 000 years old, and in the world’s oldest rock paintings. Today, South Africa is the powerhouse of Africa,