Laikipia
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The Laikipia Plateau located more or less in the middle of Kenya, just to the north-west of Mount Kenya, covers an area of 9723 sq km (roughly half the size of Wales) at an altitude of between 1700 m and 2600 m. The reserve is wild and sparsely populated and is mainly covered with privately owned ranches. It is dominated by acacia bush and large open grasslands with dense cedar and olive forest in the east.
Its most famous region is undoubtedly Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, originally a cattle ranch, and which was set up in 1995 to minimize conflict between conservation and human settlement and to protect and encourage rhino.
Being comprised mainly of savannah, wetland, grassland and forest, the area is Kenya’s greatest conservation success story over the last decade and is a wildlife sanctuary for many rare and endangered species.
In addition to wildlife activities, by day and night, the area offers walking, fishing, mountain climbing, mountain biking, camel and horse riding.
Wildlife Highlights:
There are significant populations of major predators in Lewa, together with the opportunity to see all of the Big Five - Lion, Leopard, Elephant, Buffalo and Rhino..
Plains game include Grevy’s zebra, gerenuk and reticulated giraffe.
About 6000 elephants migrate through this region each year. Some ranches are breeding sanctuaries for rhino. You will also find here wild dog and sitatunga antelope.
Getting to Lewa:
Nanyuki airfield is the hub for scheduled and charter flights linking Laikipia with destinations such as Nairobi, Samburu and the Maasa Mara.
There are several further private airstrips that can accommodate charter flights.
There is also road access from Nairobi and Samburu.
