Reteti House
Location: Namunyak Wildlife Conservancy, Samburu County, Kenya. Overview Reteti House is located within northern Kenya’s most coveted location in Namunyak […]
Namunyak Conservancy Accomodation
Location: Matthews Mountain Range, Laikipia County, Kenya
Area: 850,000 acre
Overview
Namunyak Wildlife conservancy, is a place of peace, and means “blessed” in the Samburu language, acquired from the aerial view of this rangeland. This conservancy began as two group ranches driven by the need to protect the Mathews range, and over 15 years later has expanded to include the four neighbouring group ranches surrounding the Mathew Forest.
Namely Sarara, Sapache, Ngilai West, Ngare Narok, and Ndonyo Wuasin group ranches now make up the 394,000hectare Namunyak Conservancy. Being one of the first community conservancies in northern Kenya to be established, along with II Ngwesi. At the foot of the Mathews Mountains, one of the world’s successful community conservation movement have come to life.
The Namunyak Conservancy was established in 1995, following two decades of unprecedented poaching, to promote wildlife conservation, and to assist the Samburu Community to benefit from tourism, in return for protecting the wildlife species living on their land.
Today, the Namunyak Wildlife conservancy is a treasure trove of rare and often uncatalogued species, home to the rare and beautiful De Brazza Colobus Monkey, and the IUCN red-listed sub-species of the Cycad, Encephalartos tegulaneus.
Also serves as a critical wildlife refuge for many species, including the northern populations of 450 Reticulated Giraffe, Gerenuk, Leopard, African Wild Dog, Impala, Lion, Greater Kudu, and over 200 bird species. An important conservancy for the second largest population of elephants in Kenya, as they move seasonally from Mathews Range to Mount Kenya and Ngare Ndare Forest, a route they have used for decades.
In 1997, Sarara Camp opened to its first guests. This community-run camp within the conservancy is poignantly built on the site of an Elephant massacre in 1989, which brought in more money and jobs for the community than illegal bush meat and alike.
The Uniqueness of this Park
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- Rare De Brazza Colobus Monkey, IUCN red-listed subspecies of the Cycad, Encephalartos tegulaneus.
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- Sarara Camp opened to its first guests in 1997. This community-run camp within the conservancy is poignantly built on the site of an Elephant massacre in 1989.
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- Conservancy for the second largest population of elephants in Kenya.
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- Sarara Treehouses.
Accommodation Options
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- Sarara Camp: 6 spacious en-suite tents & 1 family Unit with 2 bedrooms, plunge pool, dining, sitting area.
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- Sarara Treehouses: 8 beautiful en-suite tents with solar-heated outdoor showers looking into the forest, a solar-powered lodge, single-use-plastic free, and entirely eco-friendly.
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- Reteti House: 4 beautiful, standalone rooms, each with an outdoor shower, and private deck, accommodates 8 – 10 guests, spectacular central lounge, an infinity pool overlooking the elephant waterhole, and a 10-minute walk from Reteti Elephant Sanctuary.
Activities at the Destination
Unrestricted game drives exploring the 850,000 acres of pristine wildlife habitat accompanied by a Samburu guide, Visit the Singing Wells, an ancient Samburu tradition, bush meals, sundowners under the African skies, guided walking safari, and packed breakfast.
Guided trail runs with a Samburu running guide, safari on horseback with our bush ponies and Lenewalla, a Samburu Cowboy as your guide, rescue reticulated giraffe and Gravy Zebra, Ontulili and Tongai, Visit the Nomadic Montessori Schools and Nomadic Healthcare Programs.
Visit Reteti Elephant Sanctuary, morning beading with the Samburu ladies, or fashion your own jewellery with Samburu Ironmongers, fly camping, camel ride exhilarating slides into natural rock pools are all done in the company of our expert guides, visits to villages, schools, and markets allow an insight into local life, massage in the privacy of your own tent, and helicopter rides into the Mathews, and beyond to Lake Turkana.
Sarara Camp
Location: Namunyak Conservancy, Laikipia, Kenya. Overview The area of 850,000 acre of pristine wilderness in the Mathews Range, in the