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A trip to the Arabuko Sokoke Forest can't compete with a wildlife safari yet it offers a glimpse at Kenya's bird and animal life and a peek at one of East Africa's last tracts of coastal forest. This conservation site for threatened bird species boasts a whole host of endemic and endangered flora and fauna. The Arabuko Sokoke Forest has three distinct types of vegetation - mixed forest, Brachystegia and Cynometra. It is home to six species of globally threatened birds - Clarke's Weaver, Amani Sunbird, Sokoke Pipit, Sokoke Scops Owl, East Coast Akalat, and Spotted Ground Thrush - and three species of globally threatened mammals - Golden-rumped Elephant Shrew, Sokoke Bushy-tailed Mongoose, and Ader's Duiker. More than 230 bird species, 250 butterfly species and 50 mammal species have been recorded at Arabuko Sokoke Forest. The forest hosts over 600 types of plants more kinds of frogs than any other place in Kenya. It even supports a herd of 70 elephants.