Ngangao Forest is one of the few remaining indigenous

cloud forest A cloud forest, also called a water forest, primas forest, or tropical montane cloud forest (TMCF), is a generally tropical or subtropical, evergreen, montane, moist forest characterized by a persistent, frequent or seasonal low-level cloud c ...

fragments of the

Taita Hills The Taita Hills, sometimes also spelled as Teita Hills, are a mountain range located in the Taita-Taveta County in south-eastern Kenya. The hills consist of three massifs: Dawida, Sagalla in the southern side of Voi township and Kasigau in ...

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. It is located on a rock surrounded by the villages of Makandenyi, Maghimbinyi,

Mgambonyi Mgambonyi is a settlement in Kenya's Coast Province. References

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and Kitumbi. It lies 10 km from

Wundanyi Wundanyi is a town in the Taita-Taveta County of Kenya. Other urban centres in the county include Voi, Taveta and Mwatate. Location Wundanyi is located approximately north of Mwatate, the location of the county headquarters. This is about we ...

and can easily be reached by road. There is even frequent public transport from Wundanyi to Makandenyi (at least 10 vehicles daily). The very basic "Ngangao forest camp" is located next to the forester's house at the edge of forest. With its , Ngangao is the second largest forest and one of the lesser disturbed forests of the Taita Hills. As a result, it is a stronghold for many plant and animal species. There are three endemic birds species of the Taita Hills. The

Taita thrush The Taita thrush (''Turdus helleri''), also known as the Taita olive thrush or Heller's ground thrush, is an endangered bird from the family of thrushes (Turdidae), endemic to the Taita Hills in Kenya. Description The Taita thrush was previously ...

(''Turdus (olivaceus) helleri''),

Taita apalis The Taita apalis (''Apalis fuscigularis'') is a bird in the family Cisticolidae that is endemic to the Taita Hills in Kenya. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the bar-throated apalis. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical ...

(''Apalis (thoracica) fuscigularis'') and

Taita white-eye Taita white-eye (''Zosterops silvanus'') is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It includes numerous subspecies, sometimes considered a subspecies to montane white-eye (''Z. poliogastrus''). It is only found in Taita Hills in southeas ...

(''Zosterops (poliogaster) silvanus'') occur in relative large numbers. Some plants, like the ''

Zimmermannia ovata ''Meineckia ovata'' is a species of plant in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is Endemism, endemic to the Taita Hills in Kenya. It is threatened by habitat loss. References

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'', are only found in the dryer parts of Ngangao Forest.

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