Harambe Wildlife Reserve

**The Harambe Wildlife Reserve** is the setting for *Kilimanjaro Safaris*, the Jungle Cruise's spiritual successor in *Disney's Animal Kingdom*.

## Description

The Harambe Wildlife Reserve is a 800 square mile large wildlife reserve in the East-African port of Harambe. The reserve is situated between the Nia Ekundu coffee plantation, Nyauka phosphate mines, Gazetted territory, and Old Harambe. The reserve also holds the *Wildlife Conservation School* which teaches biology, evolutionary history, ecological and environmental sciences.

### Points of interest

* **Eastern Star Railway**:
* **Dry gulch**:
* **Dry wash**:
* **Heroe seasonal swamp**:
* **Kiferu plains**:
* **Kobje road**:
* **Lake Nusuru**:
* **Lake Nusuru Gate**:
* **Magadi gate**:
* **Magadi hot springs**:
* **Muiringo Salt Lick**:
* **Ndege hills**:
* **Sand river**:
* **Serikall bridge**:
* **Sofi river**:
* **Tembo gate**:
* **Tumbili tented camp**:
* **Vumbi forest**:
* **Wingu Kopjes**:
* **Zamani rock paintings**:

### Wildlife

#### Fauna

*See also: Animals of the Harambe Wildlife Reserve*

* **African bush elephant**
* **African pygmy goat**
* **African wild dog**
* **Ankole cattle**
* **Black rhinoceros**
* **Blue wildebeest**
* **Bongo**
* **Bontebok**
* **Cheetah**
* **Common eland**
* **Common ostrich**
* **Common warthog**
* **Greater flamingo**
* **Greater kudu**
* **Hartmann's mountain zebra**
* **Hippopotamus**
* **Lion**
* **Mandrill**
* **Masai giraffe**
* **Nile crocodile**
* **Okapi**
* **Sable antelope**
* **Saddle-billed stork**
* **Scimitar oryx**
* **Spotted hyena**
* **Springbok**
* **Waterbuck**
* **White rhinoceros**

#### Flora

* **Baobab trees**:
* **Flat-topped acacias**:

## Personel

* **Catherine Jobson**: Jobson was a British wildlife researcher who studied animals of the reserve.
* **Dr. K. Kulunda**: Dr. K. Kulunda was a doctor that served as the reserve's director who was founder and director of the Wildlife Conservation School.
* **Mae L. Petersen**: Petersen was managing director of the reserve.
* **Wilson Matua**: Wilson Matua was the warden of the reserve who patrolled it in his plane, the *5H-NAA*.

## History

### Background

The Harambe Wildlife Reserve was established at some point after 1961, when Harambe gained its freedom from European imperialism. The land used for the reserve was previously utilized by the colonial cattle company *Smythe-Wallis British East Africa Livestock Ltd.*. The reserve aimed to protect Africa's wildlife from hunters, colonizers and poachers. By the 1990s/2000s, the reserve was affiliated by the organizations Kilimanjaro Safaris and the Wilderness Explorers.

### Development history

The Harambe Wildlife Reserve is the fictionalized name for a functional wildlife reserve run by Disney in Walt Disney World. In real-life, the reserve is 110 acres large with 34 species of African animal. These animals are kept enclosed from vehicles and more hostile species via hidden chains and grates which they are unable to pass through.

For the first four months of operation, the Harambe Wildlife Reserve had zebras. These zebras were removed from the attraction due to, "acclimation" issues and were replaced by addax. According to some reports, the zebras acted violently with one another leading up to their removal.

## Jungle Cruise appearances

### Africa

#### Kilimanjaro Safaris

The Harambe Wildlife Reserve is the setting of this attraction.

#### Rafiki's Planet Watch

The Wildlife Express train passes through the reserve on its way to Conservation Station.

### Other connections

#### Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar

In the late 19th/early 20th century, Trader Sam passed through Harambe's wilderness. It is possible this was the land that would go on to become the Harambe Wildlife Reserve.

## Other appearances

### Adventurers Outpost

A chalkboard identifies days of travelling to the Harambe Reserve Main Station, Harambe Wildlife Reserve Warden Station, and Pangani Forest Trail.

## Trivia

* Some merchandise identifies the reserve as having opened in 1998, the year the attraction opened.

## Gallery

Flamingo islandAn illegal camp in the reserve used by ivory poachers
## References

1. ↑ http://1.bp.blogspot.com/\_TjEs0cPQIZs/S1PSeHe7rKI/AAAAAAAADMw/q-iF6-u129E/s1600-h/Reserve+map.JPG
2. ↑ https://www.tripsister.com/wdw-animal-kingdom-kilimanjaro-safari-map-of-marambe-reserve/
3. ↑ https://www.easywdw.com/easy/blog/a-walk-through-pangani-forest-exploration-trial/
4. ↑ https://www.charactercentral.net/L1316\_DisneyCharacters\_WaltDisneyWorld\_AnimalKingdom\_AdventurersOutpost.aspx