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Living in harmony with nature: Samburu's conservation success story

Westgate Conservancy in Samburu County. (Courtesy)

We're seated around a crackling log fire in the dry sandy bed of a seasonal river in Samburu. It is just getting dark and dusk quickly grows around us. Here dusk falls quickly, engulfing everything in a warm, windy embrace.

It is rarely ever completely dark, however. More than 50km away from the nearest streetlight, stars are the kings of the night sky, a stargazer's heaven.

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