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 here and has a deep knowledge of the wildlife of lewa. anthony: are those termite mounds? karmusha: termite mounds, yup. kamau: that s filled with termites? karmusha: that s filled with termites. kamau: that s horrible. anthony: a little useless trivia, in a fire fight, you hide behind one of those it will provide useful coverage. kamau: this is my first safari, that s a very specific safari with an expert, and with you with useless information, this is a i paid extra for this. this is significantly better than the zoo, i guess that goes without saying. anthony: yeah. kamau: for some reason, i don t know if it s just me, but i had a negative connotation of safaris. anthony: they used to shoot animals in safaris. there s our kind of safari and then there s the you know, trump jr. safari.
market that will pay tens of thousands of dollars for a single horn. with 62,000 acres to cover, lewa s anti-poaching program is necessarily aggressive, inclusive, and cutting edge, relying on local trackers, advanced tracking technologies, and perhaps most importantly, good community outreach and intelligence gathering. if the local people are not on your side, you are at a serious disadvantage. 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.
down the hill. kamau: that s lucky? we define lucky in different ways. karmusha: they seem to be having their eyes on something. he s going to go left so we have a good position. kamau: hey, how you doing lion? so the lion is about 30 feet from us or so? just
anthony: are those termite mounds? karmusha: termite mounds, yup. kamau: that s filled with termites? karmusha: that s filled with termites. kamau: that s horrible. anthony: a little useless trivia, in a fire fight, you hide behind one of those it will provide useful coverage. kamau: this is my first safari, that s a very specific safari with an expert, and with you with useless information, this is a i paid extra for this. this is significantly better than the zoo, i guess that goes without saying. anthony: yeah. kamau: for some reason, i don t know if it s just me, but i had a negative connotation of safaris. anthony: they used to shoot animals in safaris. there s our kind of safari and then there s the you know, trump jr. safari. kamau: yeah, i think i was afraid every time i said the word that people were just like, what are you doing? like anthony: no, this is this is a good kind of safari. kamau: okay. anthony: good for the world. kamau: ok
they ve seen, go through high school, graduate, slowly by 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 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: oh, there s a bunch of them. karmusha: yeah, yeah. if we re lucky, they might come