Nashulai Maasai Conservancy

The first in a new breed of wildlife conservancy in Kenya, the award-winning Nashulai Maasai Conservancy safeguards a key parcel of wildlife-rich landscape fringing the Masai Mara National Reserve. Nashulai is the first conservancy to be created, governed and managed by the Maasai. Unusually, when the conservancy was created, the local people remained in their homes and on their land and were encouraged to live in harmony with the wildlife.

Visitors to Nashulai will find a strong focus on community activities and walking safaris, but there is plentiful wildlife as well. The somewhat bushy and wooded terrain is especially popular with elephant and buffalo, while the remote open plains in the west of the conservancy host the Loita wildebeest (as opposed to those that migrate into the Mara from the Serengeti), who come here in February and March to give birth. The variety of habitats here also makes this conservancy exceptionally good for bird watching, and specialist bird guides are available.