Late last month, Laikipia Tourism Association (LTA) announced its 2021 membership drive campaign to provide the greater Laikipia Tourism community with a voice. Our target is to get up 50 establishments on board with the Laikipia Tourism Association this year. In the long term, we hope to have all establishments in Laikipia and its surroundings…
Mukogodo gazetted forest reserve is one of the remaining indigenous forests in Kenya. It is among the largest in East Africa covering an area of 30,189 hectares with a rich biodiversity consisting of over 210 species of birds and roughly 100 species of butterfly. The forest has over the years been managed jointly by ILMAMUSI…
Covid-19 has hit Laikipia and the Maasai Mara hard and tourism has dwindled, but a loan programme will help conservancies, communities and wildlife. In a new arrangement, Conservation International, in partnership with the Maasai Mara Wildlife Conservancies Association, will issue loans to the Mara conservancies. Mara conservancies have been facing massive financial losses caused by…