Spotted on Safari : Limelight on Rhinos

“The only way to save a rhinoceros is to save the environment in which it lives because there’s a mutual dependency between it and millions of other species of both animals and plants.”
~ David Attenborough

Photo credit: Bushra Sultan

In honour of World Rhino Day, for this week’s ‘Spotted on Safari’ we have selected some of our favourite images of rhinos, taken at several game reserves in Kenya, by our experienced driver-guides, as well as some of our team, who have a keen eye for photography. We hope you enjoy seeing them.

World Rhino Day, which is celebrated every year on the 22 September, highlights all five species of rhino: black, white, greater one-horned, Sumatran and Javan rhinos.

Photo credit: Joseph Wangombe

An alarming fact is that in 1960, there were more than 2,000 northern white rhinos in Africa. Today, there are only 2 of them remaining. Sadly the last male of the subspecies, Sudan, died earlier this year on  March 19, 2018. He was the father and grandfather of the two remaining rhinos, who are held in captivity in Kenya with round-the-clock armed security against poaching.

Here are some more images taken by our colleagues in various parts of Kenya.

Photo credit: Bushra Sultan

Photo credit: Bushra Sultan

Photo credit: Imtiaz Rehemtullah

Photo credit: Joseph Okollah

The rhino is truly a magnificent animal and it is sad to see the numbers declining, mainly due to the poaching of rhinos for their horns as well as  habitat loss.  Both these factors are huge threats to both white and black rhinos.

We hope that seeing these wonderful images by colleagues has inspired you to want to go on safari, and enjoy seeing these endangered animals yourself, and to help, we have some amazing itineraries available.

We would love to work with you to plan the safari holiday of a lifetime. For more information on how our safari experts can help you, call Somak Holidays today on 020 8423 3000, or visit our website here:

https://www.somak.com/kenya-safari

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