Kigio Wildlife Conservancy

The Kigio Wildlife Conservancy is a included Conservancy close to Gilgil inside the Great Rift Valley of Kenya. It is owned and operated by means of the local community. The conservancy, which covers 3,500 acres, is placed among Lake Nakuru and Lake Naivasha. Kigio conservancy derives its call- Kigio from the place wherein the network that owns it came from. It become firstly a cattle ranch owned by way of white settlers. After shopping for the ranch, the local community determined that there will be more sales from eco-tourism. Fees now offer income to the network and assist cowl the price of renovation.

Several businesses have supplied investment for infrastructure and conservation along with Tusk Trust, Born Free Foundation and Lewa Wildlife Conservancy. And Projects Abroad. The Kigio Wildlife Conservancy incorporates numerous habitat inclusive of quick grass, Leleshwa shrub, euphorbia woodlands and riverine woodlands. Almost a hundred indigenous plant species are covered within the conservancy. There are over 3 hundred fowl species which includes what's stated to be the sector's biggest populace of gray-crested helmetshrikes. There are about 3,500 head of big mammals, up from approximately a hundred head in 1996.