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The population of reticulated giraffe, one of the most iconic mammals on the planet, has declined by over 50% over the past 30 years !

Loisaba hosted coexistence training with Lion Landscapes & Peregrine Fund for 36 locals from conflict-prone areas. The course taught safer ways to protect livestock and reduce carnivore retaliation, helping stop the use of poison that harms wildlife and endangered vultures. Part of the Coexistence Co-op initiative to promote harmony between people and predators.

Tourism at Loisaba funds nearly half of its conservation budget. Fees support wildlife security, community education, healthcare, and operations. COVID-19 closures have cut this income, risking vital programs. Guests can help protect wildlife, support local communities, and maintain zero poaching by donating—every bit makes a difference.

For a long time, conservation had been a male dominated field. But things are changing. At Loisaba, we have been and continue to be intentional in ensuring female representation across all of our programmes.

Loisaba's conservation team is enhancing elephant monitoring through training and shared databases. Community initiatives include predator-proof bomas, health workshops, and medical outreach aiding nearly 200 patients. The research team now has a new office, supporting vital wildlife projects. Support continues to be crucial for conservation and community health efforts.

Baotree, a new coexistence model trialed at Loisaba, rewards local communities with “bao-points” for conservation tasks like lion sightings or predator-proofing bomas. These points fund community goals, such as healthcare and livestock protection. The successful pilot highlights how empowering communities fosters wildlife protection and sustainable coexistence.

Loisaba has cleared over 100 acres of invasive Opuntia to restore native habitat. On International Zebra Day, teams joined the Great Grevy’s Rally to track endangered Grevy’s zebras. Outreach clinics with CHAT offered women’s healthcare, and a young lion named Felix was GPS-collared for research. Conservation, community support, and wildlife security efforts remain strong.

Loisaba turns waste into energy using a BioDigester and Community Cooker—mirroring nature’s scavengers like hyenas and vultures, which clean ecosystems by consuming carrion. Vultures are critical, yet endangered, with six species at Loisaba. To combat poisoning, Loisaba supports coexistence training with Lion Landscapes and The Peregrine Fund to protect both wildlife and communities.

At Loisaba Conservancy, waste is sorted and used sustainably via a BioDigester and the innovative Community Cooker. Invented in Kenya, the Cooker safely burns rubbish at high temperatures to produce energy for cooking—helping reduce plastic waste, protect health, and save trees. Nearly all waste at Loisaba now becomes fuel or compost, supporting a cleaner environment and local communities.

In 2019, Loisaba Conservancy achieved zero poaching incidents, advanced lion and giraffe tracking, confirmed black leopard presence, and applied to become a black rhino sanctuary. Community efforts included education support for 47 students and medical care for 1,500+ people. Invasive species control and waste-to-energy innovations also marked a year of impactful conservation.

Prickly pear cactus, introduced to Loisaba in the 1970s, has become an invasive threat. With support from The Nature Conservancy, Loisaba now uses a JCB backhoe and a BioDigester to remove and convert the cactus into eco-friendly fuel. This dual solution helps restore habitats, reduce firewood use, and promote sustainability across the conservancy.

GivingTuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. Over the past seven years, it has grown into a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity. For GivingTuesday this year, we are encouraging donations towards health outreach clinics in Loisaba’s surrounding communities.

While Loisaba is home to majestic lions, elusive leopards, magnificent elephants and endangered reticulated giraffes and Grevy’s zebra, it also hosts a spectacular array of a much more diverse class of vertebrates. From the Verreaux’s eagle with a wingspan of 2.3 metres to the firefinch that only weighs 10 grams, guests staying at Loisaba have the opportunity to discover over 250 species of birds. Here are some of our favourites!

While Loisaba is currently home to four out of the five of the Big Five, with an ambition to add the eastern black rhino to the list, several other wildlife species can also be found here – many of which can only be seen in areas such as Northern Kenya…

Earlier this year, an aerial census was carried out across Loisaba Conservancy and Mugie Conservancy to estimate wildlife populations, and to form a basis for population trends in order to influence wildlife management.

World Rhino Day on September 22 celebrates all five rhino species, with the eastern black rhino being critically endangered. Loisaba Conservancy is working to become a rhino sanctuary, providing essential space for population growth. With successful conservation efforts, Kenya's black rhino numbers have risen, and Loisaba aims to help by reintroducing rhinos to further increase genetic diversity and support Kenya's long-term conservation goals.

Lions are in trouble. Their population in Africa is estimated to have almost halved in the past 20 years, with as few as 20,000 estimated to be remaining across the entire continent.

Recently discovered to be a unique species rather than a subspecies, Reticulated Giraffe (Giraffa reticulata) populations have declined drastically in just the past 30 years.

Loisaba Conservancy promotes coexistence between wildlife and pastoralists through smart grazing, water access, and tech-driven conservation. Partnering with San Diego Zoo and Lion Landscapes, they use GPS tracking and boma defenses to reduce conflict, support endangered species, and foster sustainable living for local Maasai and Samburu communities.

Bees and other pollinating insects play an essential role in ecosystems, with third of all food depending on their pollination. A world without pollinators would be devastating for food production. Since the late 1990s, beekeepers around the world have observed a sudden disappearance of bees, and reported unusually high rates of decline in honey bee.