Taita Hills Sanctuary
The Taita Hills Wildlife Conservancy derives its name from the surrounding clusters of hills and is an integral part of the Eastern Arc forests classified as an biodiversity hotspot. The conservancy covers an area of 28,000 acres of mosaic habitat where the plant physiognomy is riverine forest, savanna wood and grassland. The vegetation formation is usually dense, stratified and always dominated by Acacia /Commiphora trees and may appear to be evergreen in wet areas such as in the central lowlands of the sanctuary. The sanctuary straddles the Southern Tsavo West National Park and is an important dispersal area and migrating corridor for wildlife between Tsavo East National Park and Tsavo West National Park and making it a highly valued tourism recreational area and of ecological importance. The topography is generally mountainous that offers breath taking landscape views of the Kilimanjaro, Pare, Uluguru mountains and the clusters of Taita Hills with a seasonal river dividing the sanctuary into valleys and lowland plains.
Lumo Sanctuary
The innovative community-run Lumo Community Wildlife Sanctuary covers 657 sq km and was formed
from three community-owned ranches in 1996, but only opened to the public in 2003.
It’s partly funded by the EU and involves local people at every stage of the project, from the park rangers to senior management.
Big cats and elephants are regular highlights along with cape buffalo, elephant, leopard, maasai lion, masai giraffe, zebra, hartebeest, impala,
waterbuck, Thomson's gazelle, lesser kudu, dik-dik, and other smaller animals, including a great diversity of birdlife.
The accommodation is superb, making it a terrific all-round package.
Ngutuni Sanctuary
Ngutuni sanctuary is a 10,000 acre private game sanctuary, surrounded on three sides
by Tsavo East National Park.
With view of the Sagala Hills and others nearby, only 2.5 hours drive from Mombasa and its international airport.
Ngutuni sanctuary and the surrounding national park is best known today for their fantastic variety of wildlife including
lion, cheetah, elephant, buffalo as well as a huge variety of plains game and bird life.