Kenyan tourism campaign Make It Kenya is offering a series of 50 live wildlife broadcasts, which the public can access free via Twitter's Periscope mobile streaming app, between 7 and 18 January.
The broadcast series is the fruit of a partnership between Make It Kenya and HerdTracker, a digital platform that allows users to track Kenya's great wildebeest migration in real-time, all year round, via a Google Map.
Make It Kenya says the current #KenyaLive broadcast series was inspired by the success of #MaraLive, a live Web broadcast of the great wildebeest migration which it carried out with HerdTracker in September and October 2015.
In addition to rare wildlife sightings, the broadcasts will show off advancements in filming technology, including underwater and 360-degree videos and footage from a new starlight camera.
Broadcasts from 7 to 13 January focus on lions in the Olare Motorogi and Naboisho Conservancies of the Maasai Mara, offering viewers the opportunity to see night-time lion interaction broadcast via starlight camera.
Between 14 and 18 January, broadcasts from the coastal town of Watamu will focus on the Watamu Turle Watch project, which protects nesting sea turtles and rehabilitates sick and injured sea turtles before returning them to their natural habitat.
In this second leg of the broadcast series, viewers will have the opportunity to watch rehabilitated turtles being released back into their home environs.
Make It Kenya says the broadcast series aims to raise global awareness about the range of wildlife-related activities on offer in Kenya's tourism industry, in particular drawing attention to the country's lesser-known coastal regions.
The organisation adds it is trying to make broadcasts as immersive as possible, which could lead it to pursue virtual reality broadcasts in the future.
To access the broadcasts, viewers can download the (free) Periscope app and follow HerdTracker. Make It Kenya and Herdtracker will post updates about the broadcasts via their Facebook and Twitter feeds.
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