Ol
Pejeta Conservancy Nanyuki, Kenya
Sweetwaters
Game Reserve
(Ol
Pejeta Conservancy (Sweetwaters Game Reserve) –
a 90,000-Acre Private Wildlife Conservancy – is
Situated on the Equator, in Kenya’s Laikipia District,
between the Foot Hills of the Aberdares and the Magnificent
Snow-Capped Mount Kenya)
Ol Pejeta Conservancy
–
Sweetwaters Game Reserve
Ol
Pejeta Conservancy (Sweetwaters Game Reserve)
– a 90,000-acre private wildlife conservancy –
is situated on the equator, in Kenya’s Laikipia
District, between the foot hills of the Aberdares and
the magnificent snow-capped Mount Kenya. Ol
Pejeta Conservancy (Sweetwaters Game Reserve) is only
3 hours drive from Nairobi Conservancy is the closest
place from Nairobi to see the BIG 5 and welcomes day
trips Safaris.
Ol
Pejeta Conservancy’s (Sweetwaters Game Reserve)
main gate is 14 kilometers from the equator turn off,
just before Nanyuki town. The
Ol Pejeta Conservancy is an important “not-for-profit”
wildlife conservancy in the Laikipia District of Kenya
and the largest sanctuary for black rhinos in East Africa.
The Ol Pejeta Conservancy boasts an astounding variety
of animals, including the “Big Five” (the
endangered black and white rhino, leopard, elephant,
buffalo and lion), Grevy’s zebra, Jackson’s
hartebeest, cheetah and chimpanzee.
The
combination of amazing wildlife and stunning views across
the open plains of Ol Pejeta guarantees an unforgettable
safari experience. Ol Pejeta Conservancy Guests pay
a conservation fee for each day spent inside the Conservancy
which includes a visit to the Chimpanzee Sanctuary.
Why
Visit Ol Pejeta Conservancy (Sweetwaters Game Reserve)
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Ol Pejeta conservancy is the only place in Africa that
offers the opportunity to see chimpanzees and the big
5
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Ol Pejeta house offers large luxurious rooms, a stunning
garden with watering hole, and two swimming pools
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Sweetwaters tented camp offers fine quality tented accommodation
overlooking a large watering hole backed by a spectacular
view of Mount Kenya, a lovely swimming pool and a game
viewing bar.
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Sweetwaters tented camp also offers a true safari experience
with night drives, bush walks and Bush breakfast
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3 Hour Drive from Nairobi on good roads, Ol Pejeta Conservancy
is the closest place for you to see the big 5.
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Ol Pejeta conservancy is a 90,000 acre wildlife conservancy.
Home
to over 40 chimpanzees, 73 endangered black rhino, 5
endangered white rhinos, elephants, lion, leopard, buffalo,
grevy zebra, giraffe, cheetah, thomson's gazelle, black-back
jackals, ostrich, grant's gazelle, baboons, waterbuck,
oryx, eland and several hundred bird species.
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Largest
Black Rhino Sanctuary
Ol Pejeta Conservancy
is the Largest Black Rhino Sanctuary in East Africa.
The Ol Pejeta conservancy is home to 83 black
rhinos (Diceros bicornis michaeli). In Kenya the
numbers of black rhino dropped from an estimated
20,000 in the 1970s to less than 300 animals in
the 1980s.
Through various
conservation initiatives, the remaining black
rhino population has been protected from intense
poaching and the current population in Kenya is
estimated at 539. By 2010 Kenya will aim to increase
its black rhino numbers to 650.
Ol
Pejeta Conservancy Accommodations
When visiting
the Ol Pejeta Conservancy, you will be accommodated
in one of our five luxurious facilities: Sweetwaters
Tented Camp, Ol Pejeta House, Porini Rhino Camp,
Kicheche Camp and Olpejeta Bush Camp.
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Baraka,
a Black Tamed Rhino
Baraka was the first
rhino to be born in the wild on Ol Pejeta, aptly named
Baraka meaning blessings in Swahili. He is now completely
blind due to a fight with another rhino which lost him
an eye and then sadly he developed a crystallized cataract
in the other which is beyond repair.
His disability has
meant that he could not be returned to the wild. Baraka's
new home has meant that he has replaced Morani as an
Ambassador for the species, however he will not be able
to replace Morani in terms of good nature and willingness
to allow visitors a “hands-on” experience.
It is for this reason that the Ol
Pejeta Conservancy has
created a feeding platform from which visitors can feed
Baraka three times a day.
Morani Information Centre
Ol
Pejeta Conservancy Morani Centre provides an interesting,
educational experience with displays that provide comprehensive
information about how a modern wildlife conservancy
works. With Serena Hotels managing Ol Pejeta Conservancy’s
main accommodation facilities; Sweetwaters Tented Camp
and Ol Pejeta House, visitors can expect a quality experience.
Seasonal Tented Camps on Ol Pejeta Conservancy include:
Ol Pejeta Bush camp, Rhino Porini camp and Kicheche
camp. These camps offer “conservation safaris”
that expose clients to the modern conservation activities
that take place daily on Ol Pejeta Conservancy.
Sweetwaters Chimpanzee
Sanctuary
Sweetwaters Chimpanzee
Sanctuary is incorporated within the Ol Pejeta Conservancy
and is the only place in Kenya where this highly endangered
and remarkably intelligent species can be seen. The
Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary opened in 1993 in a
negotiated agreement between the Ol Pejeta Conservancy,
the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and the Jane Goodall
Institute.
The facility was initially
established to receive and provide lifelong refuge to
orphaned and abused chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) from
West and Central Africa. An initial group of three chimpanzee
orphans were brought to the sanctuary from a facility
in Bujumbura, Burundi in 1993. This group of chimpanzees
needed to be evacuated due to the outbreak of civil
war in Burundi. This was followed in 1995 by another
group of 9 adult chimpanzees, followed by another 10
in 1996.
Over the last decade Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary
has been compelled to keep accepting chimpanzees rescued
from traumatic situations bringing the total number
of chimpanzees in the sanctuary to 43. At Sweetwaters
Sanctuary chimpanzees are being carefully nursed back
to health so they can enjoy the rest of their days in
the safety of a vast natural enclosure.
The chimpanzees live
in two large groups separated by the Ewaso Nyiro River.
Sweetwaters is a chartered member of the Pan African
Sanctuary Alliance (PASA), an alliance of 18 sanctuaries
in 12 African countries, currently caring for over 800
orphaned and/or confiscated chimpanzees. PASA’s
role is to help conserve chimpanzees and other primates
and their habitats through public education and lobbying
for political goodwill.
Ol
Pejeta Conservancy Lion Tracking
Guests
are offered a unique opportunity to spend a morning
with Ol Pejeta Conservancy’s predator research
team. Guided bush walks and bird watching across game-teaming
plains are also offered as are Camel Rides.
Ol Pejeta Conservancy
Game Drives
Ol
Pejeta Conservancy’s private status it is able
to offer the unique pleasure of night game drives. Night
game drives last approximately two hours and are your
opportunity to see some nocturnal wildlife on Ol Pejeta.
The night game drives are a very enjoyable experience:
you will travel in an open game drive vehicle with very
knowledgeable guides.
During
the drives, your tracker uses a powerful spotlight searching
for the nocturnal animals. Expect to see a wide variety
of animals not normally seen during the day, including
aardvarks, bat-eared fox, porcupines, bushbabies, bushbucks,
mongoose, genet cats and a number of nocturnal birds.
The
Cultural Manyatta on Ol Pejeta
Conservancy
allows visitors to experience “up close”
the daily lives and activities of various nomadic Kenyan
tribes. The Manyatta also provides an income opportunity
for the community that lives there.
Wildlife
and cattle integration is a practice being
successfully undertaken on Ol Pejeta Conservancy. Cattle
graze in the conservancy in a controlled and well presented
manner and are kept at night in predator proof “bomas”.
Booking
& Reservations for Ol
Pejeta Conservancy (Sweetwaters Game Reserve)
- Kenya
Booking
Office Tel: + 254 (0) 20 2437871
Mobile
: 0721242711 (Safaricom) - Kenya
Email:
[email protected]
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