The Ol Pejeta Conservancy is a 360 km² not-for-profit wildlife conservancy in Central Kenya’s Laikipia County. Situated on the equator west of Nanyuki, between the foothills of the Aberdares and Mount Kenya.
Ol Pejeta Conservancy is high profile wildlife sanctuary of significant importance to conservation. It is a relatively uncrowded wilderness area, home to an impressive variety of wildlife, including critically endangered and even functionally extinct species! Therefore, any traveler to Kenya can not miss taking eco tours in Kenya experiences from this sanctuary.
Ol Pejeta hosts more than 10000 large mammals and features an endangered species boma, home to rhino species, Grevy’s zebra and Jackson’s hartebeest. Visits to the conservancy include access to the Sweet water’s Chimpanzee Sanctuary opened in 1993 by Ol Pejeta Conservancy, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and the Jane Goodall Institute.
Wild Animals at Ol Pejeta include: Black rhinos, southern white rhinos and functionally extinct northern white rhino (the last two northern white rhinos in the world). About 300 elephants – the Conservancy features wildlife corridors within its boundaries to enable movement between Ol Pejeta and the greater Laikipia/Samburu ecosystem.
Large predators include about 67 lions, 30 cheetahs, 20 leopards and 60 spotted hyenas, as well as a pack of African wild dogs while smaller predators include black-backed jackal, serval, caracal and the bat-eared fox.
Hippo, giraffe, baboon, monkey, aardvark and ostrich as well as Antelopes – Grant’s gazelle, Thomson’s gazelle, impala, Beisa oryx, water buck and eland are all hosted at Ol Pejeta conservancy sanctuary with Over 300 species of birds.
Ol Pejeta Conservancy aims to function as a financially self-sufficient entity that serves as a model of innovation in conservation and community outreach. The Conservancy strives to conserve wildlife in a way that creates tangible social benefits for local people of the region and nationwide.
Ol Pejeta runs a wildlife tourism programme with a Conservation Education Centre and an integrated livestock production system, as a means of achieving its aims.
The Ol Pejeta Conservancy works to conserve wildlife, provide a sanctuary for great apes and to generate income through wildlife tourism and complementary enterprises for re-investment in conservation and community development.
Working closely with the Government of Kenya, our conservation activities are carried out to the highest international standards.” Such as Game walks, Horse rides, Camel rides, Game drives and Night drives.
