Loisaba, a member of the esteemed C&P
Portfolio of eco-luxe safari camps and lodges, has long been a proponent of
responsible tourism. In their continuous effort to support and protect their
local community and environment, they now offer guests the chance to get in on
the conservation action too – by tracking and monitoring the area’s leopards
and lions.
Loisaba has partnered with the Laikipia
Predator Project, a local program that aims to protect the area’s large
cats by studying their behaviors, monitoring their response to conservation
actions and improving livestock practices (to diffuse human-wildlife conflict).
Guests are able to become involved in the Laikipia Predator Project’s
conservation efforts by using receivers and antennae to monitor the movements
of Loisaba’s leopards and lions.
Marc Napao, the Laikipia Predator Project’s key researcher,
is based at Loisaba and has developed an online database which allows guests to
report their predator sightings after each game drive. They can upload pictures
and even provide their own reports on what they saw. It’s a fun, hands-on
activity for families or couples, and it adds a more personal element to the
standard game drive.
The assorted accommodations at Loisaba gives guests the
choice to have a private safari experience, at the House or Cottage
(their own exclusive home-away-from-home), or to mix with others, at Loisaba Lodge or the Star beds.
Rates at Loisaba Lodge and Star Beds start at $ 520 per
person per night during mid-season. Rates at the House begin at $ 3,060 for a
family or group of four people per night and at $ 2,200 for a family or group
of four people per night at the Cottage. Package includes full board, an
assortment of drinks and spirits, day and night game drives, guided bush walks,
transfers to cultural visits, bush breakfasts and sundowners, airstrip
transfers, river rafting and fishing, horse riding, camel riding, quad biking, limited
laundry and of course, lion tracking.
For more information about Loisaba or the Laikipia Predator
Project, please contact info@chelipeacock.co.ke.
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