The Ol Pejeta Conservancy featured on the cover of this month’s top East African travel magazine TWENDE, with a special focus on the conservancy’s Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary.
The feature, which gives a detailed account of the writer’s face to face experience with the chimpanzees at the sanctuary, also gives invaluable information on the plight of these magnificent primates in the wild. It explains why this species, which is man’s closest relative, is now critically endangered.
The article goes on to describe some of Ol Pejeta’s other unique qualities including its vast selection of wildlife, its Community Development Programme, Research facilities and livestock-wildlife integration. The last section features useful tabulated information on how to get to Ol Pejeta, entry fees and accommodation options.
There is one drawback about the article – to quote the Conservancy’s Livestock Manager; “Ref. TWENDE cover story – excellent stuff, apart from calling Ankole cattle ‘Boran’! Complaints piling in from the Boran fraternity –‘does OPC not know the difference between Ankole and Borans’!!”. So just to set the record straight, we certainly do know the difference because we have the biggest breeding herd of Boran cattle in Kenya. The error was an oversight. For those of you who might not know the difference, please visit our:

Don’t miss out - Get yourself a copy of the April 2009 TWENDE, and get a glimpse of the Ol Pejeta Conservancy, plus a whole lot more conservation and travel information.