Stretching from the foothills of Mount Kenya to the shores of Lake Baringo, the Laikipia Plateau is one of Kenya’s lesser known wildlife areas. It consists of flat plains, basaltic outcrops and forested slopes, through which flows the Ewaso Nyiro and Awaso Narok rivers. It is Kenya’s second largest conservancy, comprising 9500 sq kilometres and overseen by the non-profit Laikipia Wildlife Foundation. Several of Kenya’s private conservancies such as Solio, Ol Pejeta, Sweetwaters, Lewa and Sabuk, form part of the LWF.

With land originally given over to ranches for domestic livestock during the colonial era, these ranches have now become private conservancies devoted to wildlife conservation. It is considered to be one of the world’s greatest conservation success stories and is a model for sustainable tourism.

Here you find Kenya’s largest mammal biodiversity. Large herds of elephant, Grevy’s zebra, black rhino and the only viable African wild dog population in the Northern hemisphere.
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Other wildlife includes lion, leopard, cheetah, reticulated giraffe, greater & lesser kudu, gerenuk and Beisa oryx.