Kenya Opens Wildlife Parks to the World With New Daily Live Streams

Kenya is opening its wildlife parks to audiences worldwide through a new daily livestreaming initiative that gives viewers real-time access to the country’s wildlife and conservation activities.

The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has partnered with WildEarth to launch KenyaLIVE, bringing unscripted footage from Kenyan parks to audiences across more than 16 global platforms. The broadcasts will show wildlife and conservation activities as they happen, without scripts or retakes.

The initiative is being rolled out during World Tourism Week, which will culminate in World Tourism Day on September 27, as Kenya seeks to showcase its tourism attractions to domestic and international audiences.

Tourism and Wildlife Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Miano said the broadcasts would allow people to experience Kenya’s flora and fauna wherever they are while encouraging them to eventually visit the country’s parks in person.

“This whole week is World Tourism Week, whose climax will be on September 27 in Eldoret. We are inviting Kenyans to come and enjoy our wildlife. That is why this year we will be showcasing our wildlife virtually to Kenyans and the world, wherever they are,” Miano said.

The livestream will give audiences a look at Kenya’s wildlife before they visit the country, while the unscripted format allows viewers to see animals and conservation activities as they happen.

Miano said the initiative would also help Kenya promote its tourism ahead of the 2029 World Athletics Championships, when the country is expected to host the global event.

She said the championships would bring visitors to Kenya and provide an opportunity to expose them to the country’s wildlife and other tourist attractions.

The livestream was launched at Nairobi National Park, Kenya’s first national park. Established in 1946, the park has retained its original acreage despite Nairobi’s expansion around it.

The park also plays a key role in rhino conservation. Kenya’s 2025 National Wildlife Census recorded 2,102 rhinos, including 1,059 black rhinos, 1,041 southern white rhinos and the world’s last two northern white rhinos.

The population has recovered from the severe poaching crisis of the 1970s and 1980s. The greater Tsavo ecosystem had more than 8,000 black rhinos in the early 1970s, but poaching and habitat loss reduced the population to fewer than 20 by 1989.

The latest wildlife census recorded increases in several major species but also pointed to threats including habitat fragmentation and declines in some rare species, keeping pressure on conservation efforts.