Ol Pejeta: Home to the world's last two northern white rhinos
The Ol Pejeta Conservancy is a 360 km2 (140 sq mi) nonprofit wildlife conservancy in Central Kenya's Laikipia County. In 2014, Ol Pejeta achieved IUCN green list status, one of only five conservancies in Africa to do so, recognizing the importance of the landscape in Kenya and Africa.
The Ol Pejeta Conservancy works to conserve wildlife, provide a sanctuary for great apes, and generate income through wildlife tourism and complementary enterprises for re-investment in conservation and community development.
Big five, rare and common wildlife in Ol Pejeta
All members of the "Big five game" (lion, Cape buffalo, African bush elephant, African leopard and rhinoceros) can be found on the Ol Pejeta Conservancy.
Other rare animals that can be found on Ol Pejeta include the endangered African wild dog, oryx, Jackson’s hartebeest, Grevy’s zebra, serval, cheetah and bat-eared fox.
The more common African wildlife can be found too, including giraffes, vervet monkeys, baboons, hippos, impala, eland, Grant's gazelle, dik-dik, plains zebra, silver backed jackal, hyena. There are also over 300 bird species on the Conservancy.
All animals are free to move in and out of the Conservancy by way of specially constructed game corridors that only restrict the movement of rhinos.
Home to the world's last two northern white rhinos
The Conservancy boasts the largest black rhinoceros sanctuary in East Africa with a population of more than one hundred eastern black rhinos. It also houses the two last remaining northern white rhinos in the world, who were moved there from Dvůr Králové Zoo in the Czech Republic.
Chimpanzee Sanctuary
The Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary is situated here which provides a haven for orphaned, abandoned, and rescued chimpanzees. It is the only place in Kenya where chimpanzees can be seen.
Helping local communities
The Conservancy also operates a livestock program that serves to benefit local pastoralists and wildlife. Through the conservancy's community development program, Ol Pejeta provides funding to surrounding communities to aid health, education, water, and infrastructure projects. They also support the provision of agriculture and livestock extension services and the development of community-based conservation tourism ventures.
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