Tanzania's high life
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Expedition Date
15 February 2009 - 9 March 2009
The Mission
Known as the 'Garden of God’ the Kitulo National Park in Tanzania's Southern Highlands was the first in Africa to have been created to protect plants rather than animals. The team hope to see the incredible orchid bloom that occurs there each year. They will also attempt to film the unusual primates living on the slopes of Mount Rungwe.
Latest Stories
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Kipunji: the new primate on the blockFelicity Egerton heads into the forests of Mount Rungwe to look for an unusual inhabitant.
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Orchid poachersFilming orchids in Tanzania’s Kitulo National Park, Felicity Egerton comes across a little known trade in wildlife.
Meet the explorers
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Felicity EgertonFelicity is a keen enthusiast for African wildlife. She works as a researcher in the BBC Natural History Unit.
Where on Earth?
Kitulo National Park sits on top of the Livingstone Mountains, in the south western corner of Tanzania, East Africa. This fertile high altitude meadowland was formed from ash falling after the last eruption of Mount Rungwe.
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