How Community Conservancies Protect Wildlife

A Brief History shows that in 2004, 450 Maasai families set aside 6,000 ha for conservation, forming the Ngare Sero Community Conservancy. They banned subsistence hunting and created rotational grazing zones. Revenue and Benefits include tourism bed-night fees that fund school bursaries and a dispensary. Predator-proof bomas reduced livestock loss by 70%. Women's bead-work cooperative earns over KES 2 M annually through camp gift-shop sales. Wildlife Wins are impressive with elephant numbers up 300% since 2010. Wild dog pack size grew from 3 to 24 individuals. Black rhino were re-introduced in 2022. Visit on foot or horseback with guides who are local warriors that grew up tracking these animals. Your stay directly pays conservation levies and guides' wages, making this tourism at its most transparent.