Formerly known as Bamburi Nature Trail, Haller park is a man-made sanctuary reclaimed from a quary wasteland. It receive the United Nations Environmental Program Global 500 Roll of Honor Award as a model for other reclamation projects.
What to Find:
- Thriving ecosystem of forest, grasslands and ponds
- Walking trails for you to view the fenced wildlife.
- Animals: Hippo, giraffe, antelope, buffalo and smaller mammals.
- Bird species: Eagle, sandpiper, weaver, stork, kingfisher, ibis, owl, heron, egret and many others.
- Game sanctuary
- Reptile park.
- Fish farm.
- Crocodile pens.
- Giraffe viewing.
- Palm gardens.
It is more of a zoo-like experience rather than a safari experience; be warned!
Meet Owen and Mzee, an unlikely couple with a touching story.
Owen is an orphaned hippo who lost his family after the El Nino floods washed he and his family out into the Indian Ocean.
Owen was too small to swim to the beach and he was stranded in the water for days until the Kenya Wildlife Service was able to rescue.
After he was retrieved from the ocean, he was placed in a fenced area with other animals, but no other hippos were in sight, but an adult male tortoise named Mzee took Owen in and cared for him like a mother to date.
