Visit The Laikipia Plateau
The Lekurruki Group Ranch is north of Mount Kenya and covers an area of 60 000 acres.
The ranch is far from any towns and part of Kenya's wild Northern Frontier District. Here, land stretches endlessly to the horizon, you will not see a single light at night and the calls of the wild surround you. The ranch is not a ranch in the traditional sense of the word. Rather it is a huge tract of land with cedar forest to the west then stretching down the Mokogodo escarpment onto the plains reaching the Ngare Ndare River on the Eastern boundary. The villages have still kept their traditional ways, however, have scaled down their livestock, are actively protecting the game and have opened a small lodge called Tassia. All profits brought in by tourists are divided among the local community and help to support nearly five hundred households and their schools, cattle dips, water supplies and other group ranch operations. The awareness of the financial value of wildlife has resulted in the corresponding increase in wildlife numbers in the conservancy. Herds of up to 450 elephant have been seen and the calls of lion and leopard are often heard at night. In addition to this, guest may also see impala, Grant's gazelle, buffalo, eland, gerenuk and Grevy's and Burchell's zebra.
All that said, a stay on the Lekurruki is as much about learning about Masai culture as it is enjoying the game and wilderness that this wonderful part of Kenya has to offer.