slowly they get to see the value themselves. education works very well. kamau: are there efforts for people in the community who couldn t afford to come in here to sort of see what s going on in here so they can have the wanjiku: yeah, we have a conservation education program here, with over 3,500 school children come on to lewa, free of charge, go around, get to see wildlife, because unless you can afford to go to national parks or to places like lewa, then you definitely wouldn t have the opportunity to interact with wildlife. kamau: so we re headed towards the lions? is that what we re doing right now? karmusha: so now you can see at the peak, you can just see something sticking out. that s a lion sitting. anthony: oh, i see. right next to the little tree. kamau: whoa.
anthony: a few hours drive from nairobi, it s another world. the africa of dreams, of films, the natural world. but a world under constant threat. lewa wildlife conservancy seeks to address the problem of keeping all this alive and safe without excluding or marginalizing the people who ve lived here for centuries. karmusha: this is dave, guys. look at this guy here. this is dave the giraffe. he s a residential giraffe. hi, dave. anthony: our guide is karmushu kiama. he grew up in a village near
karmusha: so that s a white rhino. kamau: it s a white rhino? karmusha: that is a white rhino. kamau: so how do karmusha: it s nothing to do with the coloration. white was an african name whit which means wide-mouth. and whoever came to write about them put an e there. then it became white. kamau: okay, because you said white rhino, and i was like karmusha: yeah, it s not white. kamau: i think his dad might be black. anthony: does it look like you wanted it to look? or expected it to look? kamau: i mean, uh, no. i mean, i guess i don t know. i mean, i grew up as a kid, you know, my first images of africa were tarzan, you know? so i don t think i knew what kenya africa was. you know? anthony: what a shithole, right? [ laughter ]
world. the africa of dreams, of films, the natural world. but a world under constant threat. lewa wildlife conservancy seeks to address the problem of keeping all this alive and safe without excluding or marginalizing the people who ve lived here for centuries. karmusha: this is dave, guys. look at this guy here. this is dave the giraffe. he s a residential giraffe. hi, dave.
white was an african name whit which means wide-mouth. and whoever came to write about them put an e there. then it became white. kamau: okay, because you said white rhino, and i was like karmusha: yeah, it s not white. kamau: i think his dad might be black. anthony: does it look like you wanted it to look? or expected it to look? kamau: i mean, uh, no. i mean, i guess i don t know, so many images. i mean, i grew up as a kid, you know, my first images of africa were tarzan. so i don t think i knew what kenya africa was. you know? i think the expanse of it is not something i could be prepared for. like the it takes over the entire horizon. anthony: what a [ bleep ] hole, right? kamau: what a [ bleep ] hole. i mean, the other thing i m