-3.310°, 40.017° Gede Butterfly Pavilion

"Spot the bear!"

Caught in a net with a leaf, no - A MOTH!

The Kipepeo Project. 

by Sandra Asubila

Kipepeo means butterfly in Swahili and the Butterfly Pavillion is based in the Arabuko Sokoke Forest. 

The Kipepeo Project is a community based enterprise which formed to change the local attitude towards an incentive to the conservation of the forest as well as a means to make a livelihood. The community members export around 50.000 butterfly and moth pupae around the world and the project is an example of how linking conservation and development can be a success. 

Find out more on their website www.kipepeo.org.

-3.330°, 39.878° Arabuko sokoke forest

At Gede Snake Park our bear takes a close look at a twig snake

by Sandra Asubila

Arabuko Sokoke Forest is the most intact coastal forest in East Africa and one of the last remnant indigenous forests in Kenya. The forest is threatened by the desire for land by local people. Several national and international conservation organisations are working with the Kenya Wildlife Service to protect the park.
Read more about the conservation and management project of Arabuko Sokoke Forest.