The Naboisho Conservancy is a 200km² community pastoralist and wildlife conservation area. Naboisho is the second largest conservancy in the Mara region and represents a community response to the challenges of privatization of group ranches in the Greater Mara region. The Conservancy provides the opportunity to conserve the land and the wildlife, whilst simultaneously creating wealth for the local Maasai landowners of which there are approximately 500.
The population distribution around the Naboisho Conservancy is estimated to be a little fewer than 23,000 people. The Maasai have maintained a pastoralist way of life, co-existing with wildlife for several thousands of years. Livestock farming is the main source of livelihood along with income for the landowners who have leased their land to tourism enterprises. The creation of the conservancy is an opportunity not only to conserve the wildlife, which is under threat from human activities and land-use changes, but also help to diversify the livelihoods of the Maasai so that they can cope with the climatic fluctuations that are common in the drylands.
Recommended Accommodation
- Eagle View Basecamp
- Kicheche Valley Camp
- Ol Seki Hemingway’s Mara