Our guests say: "This is the real Africa".

Ol Pejeta Bush Camp is a traditional, very comfortable tented bush camp on the banks of the Ewaso Nyiro river, and is the home of owner-managers Alex and Diana Hunter. The camp is set in nearly 100,000 acres in the Laikipia region of central Kenya, right on the Equator next to Mount Kenya itself. Ol Pejeta Conservancy has the highest resident game-to-area ratio of any park or reserve in Kenya. We have incredible wildlife viewing and a fantastic array of activities, without your stay being marred by seeing a lot of other vehicles. If you've always wanted to go on a real safari, then we have the camp with the style and ambiance for you. Most nights from your tent after dinner, you will hear lions roar and leopards grunting, after an evening round the camp fire admiring a sensationally starry sky.

Our tented bush camp on the Ol Pejeta Conservancy offers guests a unique kind of safari experience in Kenya. Stay for any number of nights, and we aim to get you doing and seeing everything you want to during your visit. Our four-night Interactive Conservation Safari gives guests a new insight into modern wildlife conservation. During your days with us, you will encounter behind-the-scenes of daily life on this working wildlife conservancy and cattle ranch. Guests are welcome to spend just one or two nights looking at some of these elements – or as long as they want – being as active, interactive, or as relaxed as they like when staying in camp.

For those interested in incredible wildlife viewing, plus opportunities to observe and participate in the fascinating and complex variety of work on Ol Pejeta Conservancy, then we would recommend 4 or more nights with us, to get the most out of your stay. We would propose a conservation activity each day combined with a morning or afternoon walk or drive, and of course, a night game drive one evening as well. There is a lot to do and see on Ol Pejeta, and we will always try to get as much in as you want in the time you have with us!

For guests staying with us any number of nights, the activities include any/all the following:

(NB these activities below are included for guests staying on the non-resident package rate; for non-package, activities are at extra cost. For self-drive Kenya residents, the chimps, Hippo Hide, and Baraka/the Morani Centre are included on your own game drives; all other activities are extra.)

*NEW* - A private game drive with the Northern White Rhinos, the world's rarest large mammal, during afternoon feeding times: $10pp (minimum $30)

*NEW* - Self-drive your own classic Landcruiser and do you own game drives (extra cost; please enquire in camp)

• Guided wildlife walks on the open plains and along the river
• Day and night game drives (with spotlights and night-vision monoculars)
• Visit Baraka, a blind black rhino; observe him at close range and even give him a pat while he eats his sugar cane
• Visit the Morani Information Centre and Hippo Hide, to learn all about the wildlife on the Conservancy
• Guided visits to the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary, where orphan and rescued chimps are rehabilitated into family groups
• Visit the OPC wildlife research and monitoring team for a private presentation on their work for the Conservancy
• Go out radio-collared lion tracking with the Ol Pejeta lion and predator monitoring rangers
• Wildlife and livestock integration: learn about Boran and Ankole cattle integrated with wildlife - and predators
• Running on the plains! For the fit, and even the not-so-very fit, take a safety car behind you and have the running experience of your life!
• Spend a morning or afternoon alone in a hide overlooking a waterhole/salt lick area
• Visit local community projects such as a primary school or dispensary in the area, supported by Ol Pejeta Conservancy (please email us if you have items to donate)
• Visit the wheat growing area of the Conservancy, to learn about developing conservation agriculture techniques

Guests may be able to have the opportunity to observe special activities such as animal capture/release, treatment of injured animals, or wildlife translocations for example, should they be going on during their time on the Conservancy. Management-level guest speakers are also able to come to camp and talk about their fascinating and complex work, integrating wildlife conservation and research with domestic cattle, alongside tourism and community development.

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NB: As this is a working conservancy where issues of security and safety are of utmost importance, we and our guests are entirely subject to the advice and instruction of the Security and Wildlife management and teams during any activity involving our guests.

Guests can also: Spend a night in a hide with dinner, bedrolls, and night-vision monoculars (minimum 4 night stay).