NGANGAO FOREST, TAITA TAVETA COUNTY // ADVENTURE IN THE FOREST
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Ngangao Forest is one of the few remaining indigenous cloud forest fragments of the Taita Hills, Kenya.
It is located on a rock surrounded by the villages of Makandenyi, Maghimbinyi, Mgambonyi and Kitumbi. It lies 10 km from Wundanyi and can easily be reached by road.
The very basic "Ngangao forest camp" is located next to the forester's house at the edge of forest.
With its 120 hectares (297 acres),Ngangao is the second largest forest and one of the lesser disturbed forests of the Taita Hills.It is also a home of some rare species of trees.
One of these trees is ‘mother tree’ as the locals fondly refer to it for its old age and height. The ‘mother tree’ scientifically called Newtonia Buchananii is a source of clean cold water for Wundanyi, Tsavo East and West.
It’s estimated to be 100 meters high and nearly 20 meters in diameter.
As a result, it is a stronghold for many plant and animal species.
There are three endemic birds species of the Taita Hills. The Taita thrush (Turdus (olivaceus) helleri), Taita apalis (Apalis (thoracica) fuscigularis) and Taita white-eye (Zosterops (poliogaster) silvanus) occur in relative large numbers. Some plants, like the Zimmermannia ovata, are only found in the dryer parts of Ngangao Forest.
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