African Wild Dogs seen from Porini Amboseli Camp

Conservation

African Wild Dogs seen from Porini Amboseli Camp

A rare sighting in Selenkay Conservancy!  Guests from Porini Amboseli Camp were treated to a viewing of African Wild Dogs yesterday whilst returning to the conservancy from a game drive in Amboseli National Park.

Safari guide Daniel Sayialel identified them as two male and one female and they were seen relaxing in the shade after killing an impala. They did not seem to be shy of the presence of the vehicle.

Also known as African Hunting Dogs, African Wild Dogs are one of the world’s most endangered mammal species. They live and hunt in packs – males stay within a pack whilst females migrate to find and join new packs once sexual maturity is reached. Just like our fingerprints, the markings of African Wild Dogs are unique – no two patterns are the same.

Photos by Daniel Sayialel

New Community Rangers Graduate in Ol Kinyei

Community

New Community Rangers Graduate in Ol Kinyei

Congratulations to these 14 recruits who recently completed their training as Ol Kinyei Conservancy community rangers and who are vital to the protection of wildlife.

Ol Kinyei Conservancy is a vast area of protected habitat in Kenya’s Masai Mara region. The conservancy attracts many different animal species including elephants, lions, leopards and cheetahs.

It is income from our low-impact safari camps (Porini Mara Camp and Porini Cheetah Camp) that pays for the conservancy land and for the rangers that keep this habitat safe for wild animals.

Porini Camp guests benefit from day and night game drives by 4×4, escorted walks with Maasai guides, sundowners and meals in the bush in this exclusive area, away from tourist crowds, and they know that the proceeds of their tour arrangements are directly supporting wildlife and local people.

Lion Tracking Research in Ol Kinyei Conservancy

Conservation

Lion Tracking Research in Ol Kinyei Conservancy

Follow our team in Ol Kinyei Conservancy as they assist the vets of the Kenya Wildlife Service and Mara Predator Conservation Program track and collar “Ole Cook”, a young male lion named after our Chairman and Founder of Ol Kinyei Conservancy, Jake Grieves-Cook.

The temporary GPS collars are used on just a few individuals and are vital in lion conservation. An understanding of their movements and behaviour helps reduce human-wildlife conflict and habitat loss and so protects lions for the future.

Ol Kinyei Conservancy is in the Mara ecosystem and comprises over 18,500 acres of protected habitat set aside for wildlife. Guests of our Porini Safari Camps here have exclusive access to this land which has one of the highest densities of wild lions on the planet.

Previous collaring data published by the Mara Predator Conservation Program has demonstrated the importance of the Mara Conservancies in providing a safe haven for wild lions beyond the Maasai Mara National Reserve