Borana Conservancy is located on the Laikipia Plateau at the foot of Mt Kenya. Here, tourism, livestock and other commercial enterprises are combined to build local livelihoods and protect the landscape and its important wildlife.
In 2013, a founding population of 21 black rhino were introduced to Borana Conservancy. Once they were settled and had established their territories, the fence between Borana and neighbouring Lewa Wildlife Conservancy was dropped, forming one continuous landscape. The Lewa-Borana Landscape, as it’s now known, allows the wildlife free rein over 90,000 acres of intact African wilderness.
Together with Lewa, this environment hosts a thriving community of over 200 rhino (both black and white), making this one of East Africa’s largest continuous rhino habitat.
Species Protected: African Elephant | Black Rhino | Grevy’s Zebra | African Lion
Borana Rhinos
Elephant in Kenya - Borana
Borana Mazingira Yetu
How Tusk works with Our Project Partners
We provide critical funding to enable our project partners to grow and increase their impact on habitat and wildlife, while also enabling, nurturing and supporting collaboration between them, for greater synergy and impact.
We help to increase awareness and wider support for our partners’ efforts, while also sharing important conservation messages, from the vital and varied roles of wildlife rangers, to the benefits of community-driven conservation, both within Africa and internationally.
Borana Conservancy has been a Tusk partner since 2007.
This Project Makes a Difference Through…
Environmental Education
Human-Wildlife Co-Existence
Habitat Protection
Endangered Species Protection
Area Protected: 13,000 ha
