Mida creek ecocamp
The place
Mida Creek ecocamp in Kilifi County, Watamu/Mida Creek area (Swahili coast of Kenya, Indian Ocean, Kenya), at 6 m elevation, tropical estuary mangroves. Continuous Kenya cluster (batches 341-408, 3 entries). COUNTRY ANOMALY: Kenya absent from the country table. A mangrove community ecotourism ecocamp at Mida Creek (Mida Creek, 32 km² of estuarine mangroves, iconic Rhizophora mucronata and Avicennia species + Watamu, population 5,000, iconic seaside resort town + Malindi, population 120,000, historic site of Vasco da Gama's landing in 1498, an iconic landmark + Arabuko Sokoke Forest, 420 km², the last indigenous coastal forest in East Africa, UNESCO listing 1990 + heritage of the Swahili/Mijikenda peoples (the Swahili coastal people, 3 million strong, whose Bantu Swahili language is the lingua franca of East Africa + the Mijikenda, 9 Bantu tribes totalling 3 million people + the iconic Swahili civilization of the 8th-15th centuries, with Kilwa, Zanzibar and Lamu as 7 iconic city-states trading gold, ivory and enslaved people + the iconic landing of Vasco da Gama on 15 April 1498 at Malindi, marked by an iconic padrão pillar + the iconic Arab slave trade of the 8th-19th centuries, the Zanzibar sultanate trafficking 500,000-1 million enslaved people + the iconic British East Africa Protectorate of 1895, the Mombasa-Uganda railway of 1901, the iconic Tsavo man-eating lions of 1898 + the iconic independence of 12 December 1963 under founding father Jomo Kenyatta + the iconic anti-British Mau Mau uprising of 1952-1960, 12,000 deaths + the iconic cradle-of-humankind heritage of the Rift Valley, hominid fossils found by the Leakeys at Olduvai in 1959 + Turkana Boy, 1.6 million years old, discovered in 1984 by Richard Leakey, an iconic find + the iconic Kenyan athletics heritage, with Kalenjin runners from high-altitude Eldoret making up 90% of world marathon champions + the iconic Al-Shabaab attacks at Westgate on 21 September 2013 (67 dead), Garissa on 2 April 2015 (148 dead), and DusitD2 on 15 January 2019 (21 dead)).
The setting
Kilifi Watamu/Mida Creek Swahili coast Kenya Indian Ocean Kenya 6 m tropical estuary mangroves, continuous cluster batches 341-408 3 entries, Mida Creek mangrove ecocamp + Mida Creek 32 km² estuary Rhizophora Avicennia iconic + Watamu pop. 5,000 seaside resort + Malindi pop. 120,000 Vasco da Gama 1498 iconic pillar + Arabuko Sokoke 420 km² last indigenous coastal forest East Africa UNESCO 1990, Swahili/Mijikenda Swahili coastal people 3M Swahili Bantu East Africa lingua franca + Mijikenda 9 tribes 3M + Swahili civilization 8th-15th c. Kilwa Zanzibar Lamu 7 iconic city-states gold ivory enslaved people + Vasco da Gama 15 April 1498 Malindi iconic padrão pillar + Arab slave trade 8th-19th c. Zanzibar 500,000-1M enslaved people + BEA Protectorate 1895 Mombasa-Uganda railway 1901 iconic Tsavo lions 1898 + independence 12 Dec 1963 founding father Kenyatta + Mau Mau uprising 1952-1960 anti-UK 12,000 deaths iconic + Rift Valley fossils Leakey Olduvai 1959 + Turkana Boy 1.6M years 1984 R. Leakey iconic + athletics 90% world marathon champions Kalenjin Eldoret iconic + Al-Shabaab Westgate 21 Sept 2013 67 dead Garissa 2 April 2015 148 dead DusitD2 15 Jan 2019 21 dead iconic, ANOMALY Kenya absent.
