Laikipia Conservancy safaris, tours & holiday packages

More on Laikipia, Lewa and Ol Pejeta Conservancy holidays

It began with the Lewa Downs Conservancy, its success paving the way for communities including the Masai, the Kikuyu, Samburu, Turkana, Meru and Europeans to combine efforts for conservation and open up areas to restore historical migratory routes that were disturbed by the fencing of cattle ranches. Many camps are partly community-owned and others work closely with the communities to ensure that conservation is the primary concern and benefits are spread widely.

The Laikipia Conservancy consists of large private ranches and Samburu tribal lands. Loisaba is a 61,000-acre private game conservancy in the heart of Laikipia, with the Ewaso Nyiro River on its southern boundary, dramatic escarpments and wildlife plains in the north. Sabuk Lodge lies on the northern escarpment. The Ol Pejeta Conservancy is known for its relatively large black rhino population, reticulated giraffe, the rare Grevy's zebra, plenty of plains game and a strong predator population. It has the highest resident game-to-area ratio of any park or reserve in Kenya. It has 200 species of resident and migratory birds, the latter found here between March and May and between September and November.

Lewa Wildlife Conservancy is one of Africa’s conservation success stories, with the Big Five within its borders. It provides a refuge for a number of endangered species, including black and white rhino, and the largest single population of Grevy’s zebra. Begun in 1995, it has developed into 60,000 acres of conservancy where even sitatunga – a water-loving antelope – can be found. North of both Laikipia and Samburu is the Matthews Range, a remote, unspoiled and rarely visited area that rises from the grey desert of the Northern Frontier District of Kenya. Wildlife finds this verdant forest a natural refuge amid the arid surroundings and elephant, buffalo, kudu, waterbuck and giant forest hog are regularly seen. Leopard, lion and wild dog are also present but seen less often. There's also a variety of forest birds.