Ol Pejeta Conservancy

Nature preserve · Laikipia

Ol Pejeta Conservancy

Nature preserve · Laikipia

Marura Rd, Nanyuki, Kenya

Highlights

Nestled in a stunning landscape, this sanctuary offers game drives, cozy camping, and the chance to meet northern white rhinos and chimpanzees up close.

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olpejetaconservancy.org

@olpejeta

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"A private conservancy in Kenya that incorporates both ecotourism and ranching to conserve wilderness areas. It uses Ankole cows to create biodiversity hotspots and generate revenue for conservation."

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"Volunteers can help out at a chimpanzee sanctuary and meet Najin and Fatu, the only living descendants of the world's last male northern white rhino. Guests stay in individual safari tents with meals prepared by local chefs." - Rachel Rebibo

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@cntraveler

"Ol Pejeta Conservancy offers adoption programs for endangered species such as Baraka, an old black rhino, and one of the last two northern white rhinos in the world. They also have a chimpanzee adoption program, with donations supporting ongoing conservation projects."

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"On my visit, I stayed at the Ol Pejeta Bushcamp, one of the lodges within the conservancy, and spent my days on game drives looking for rhinos, cheetahs, and lions. Guests can take part in a number of conservation activities, like visiting the anti-poaching dog unit, stopping by the chimpanzee sanctuary, and scheduling a visit to see Fatu and Najin, where they can get close to the rhinos and watch them feed."

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mayah mumbi

Google

5 stars all the way! My family visited Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Nanyuki today and had the best time! Highlights: 1.Even though it's rainy season, the roads were great! 2.We met Baraka, the amazing blind rhino. 3.Saw chimpanzees – the only place you can see them in Kenya 4. Got up close with lions, elephants, and zebras. 5.The guides were simply outstanding! Special kudos to Tom at the Chimpanzee Sanctuary – you made our experience unforgettable! #MemoriesMade #OlPejetaMagic

Lucie Godfroid

Google

Beautiful conservancy. Its interesting that you get to hear about conservancy effort of rhinos and chimpanzee in particular and then that you get to see them from up close. You mainly drive along huge grass areas making it quite good for spotting animals. We got quite lucky because we saw a group of lions, which isn't necessarily easy during rainy reason as the grass and the vegetation is quite big. I put 4 stars because to me I appreciated less than some other larks where you truly feel alone in the nature. Here you can see cities in the outskirt of the conservancy and there are quite a bit of people around so you'll run into other cars often. Plus you mainly drive on bigger road and parts I'd the conservancy seems to be private so you can't go

Miriam Gunda

Google

I had the most amazing experience at Ol pejeta. The staff were friendly and helpful, this just added another reason to grow my love for Nanyuki. Saw all the big 5 animals, also chimpanzees, Ankole cows and many other animals.

Ken Shaw

Google

OH Pejeta is a private animal reserve. You can drive into the park. Inside, you will see many animals. Excitingly, we found lions under the guidance of the guide. There are hotels in the park for accommodation, but reservations are required in advance. We arrived at the reserve after 10 p.m. and were told that we couldn't enter the hotel inside the reserve because we didn't make a reservation. Fortunately, there was another hotel at the entrance of the reserve, so we were able to check in and enter the reserve the next day. It was a pleasant trip.

Larry Ward

Google

Only spent a day here but it was a good place to visit and see some wildlife. The Black rhinos are tough to see but there are plenty of white rhinos. The chimp conservancy has a nice mission but I could have skipped the visit itself. The hippos were closed when we were there. The brush is a bit tall here in areas also so it makes viewing challenging at times. The road is was complete mud due to rains so would suggest avoiding in rainy season.

Yusuf K

Google

It is a very lovely place with abundant of wild animals. We have seen elephants, rhinos, lots zebras and many others.

Gerasimos Kouvaras

Google

The reserve is excellently managed, the landscape is marvellous, the only reason I give 4 instead of 5 is the fact that although it is a Big 5 park it is difficult to spot the cats and is slightly empty comparing to other parks. Very low malaria risk and pleasent temperatures due to the altitutde are a big plus. Excellent place to see rhinos

Marianne Bastiani

Google

We loved our stay here! Beautify park with the once-in-a-lifetime experience of meeting the northern white rhinos! We did multiple activities: meet the northern white rhinos, night drive and bush walk as well as normal game driving in our own car and we loved it! We were camping at the Spoonbill public campsite, which had a lovely fire place, view over the dam as well as hot showers and electricity. The restaurant had delicious food and cold drinks, we would recommend going there. Also we had already booked online but ran into car trouble so had to postpone, and I must say, the customer service was perfect! Super friendly staff and very helpful! Best experience in an African park we had in our time living here! Loved it!