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Laikipia Plateau

The Laikipi Plateau is the only part of Kenya in which wildlife numbers have actually grown over the past two decades. Here, the Big Five are protected, the area being one of the last strongholds of Kenya’s highly endangered Black rhino population. One of the largest herds of elephant in East Africa, whose numbers exceed 3 000, also find their home in Laikipia.

With a higher population of mammals than anywhere else in East Africa, the Laikipia Plateau of Kenya is the only place to view the endangered Jackson’s hartebeest. Other game includes lion, gazelle, Wild dog, cheetah, Reticulated giraffe, impala, Grevy’s zebra and the ever elusive leopard.In comparison to the game reserves and parks of the Masai Mara, Laikipia remains almost completely unknown to tourists. This is however slowly changing and Laikipia is fast becoming a tourist hot-spot offering some of the most exclusive and luxurious safari lodges in Africa.

Laikipia is second in size only to Kenya’s largest National Park, Tsavo National Park, and is larger than all other Kenyan game reserves and National Parks.