Ol Pejeta Bush Camp

Location

Ol Pejeta Bush Camp is situated on Ol Pejeta Conservancy, now the largest rhino sanctuary outside of South Africa. Nearly 100,000 acres on the equator in Kenya’s Laikipia region, Ol Pejeta has the highest ratio of game-to-area of any park or reserve in Kenya.  Rare species of wildlife include black and white rhino, the extremely rare Grevy’s zebra, and Jackson’s Hartebeest, along with lion, elephant, buffalo, hippo, cheetah, leopard and plains game, in full view of Mount Kenya.

Description

Ol Pejeta Bush Camp offers guests the opportunity for a unique kind of safari experience in Kenya.  A four-night Interactive Conservation Safari gives a new insight into modern wildlife conservation: a behind-the-scenes glimpse of daily life on this working wildlife conservancy and cattle ranch.

Accommodation & Facilities: Ol Pejeta Bush Camp is a traditional, extremely comfortable bush camp.  The 6 tents each have an en-suite bathroom with flush toilets and safari bucket showers.  12 people can be accommodated here, and further arrangements can be made for an exclusive camp, self-drive visitors, or larger groups

Hosted By: The camp is owner-managed by Alex and Diana Hunter. Their passion is introducing conservation initiatives and wildlife viewing opportunities on Ol Pejeta to visitors.

Activities:

• Guided wildlife walks on the open plains and along the river
• Day and night game drives
• Individual rhino assessments with researcher identification material
• lnput of data discovered into the Ol Pejeta computer database
• Boran and Ankole cattle pastoral care eg. herding, spraying
• Guided visits to the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary, where orphan and rescued
• chimps are rehabilitated into family groups
• Learn how to use radio-tracking equipment to find, for example, the resident cheetah
• Toki (featured in the BBC documentary ‘Toki’s Tale’)
• Radio-collared lion tracking with the Ol Pejeta lion
• wildlife monitoring with the resident rangers and researchers

Season: Open all year except during the rainy season – April/May and November

Access: 3-hour drive or 40-minute schedule flights to Nanyuki from Nairobi followed by 40 minute road transfer to the camp.  Private charter to the Ol Pejeta airstrip. Nairobi (3½ hours).

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