Safari Accommodation at: Sweetwaters
Chimpanzee Sanctuary: Sweetwaters Tented Camp Offers the finest quality
tented accommodation, overlooking a large watering hole backed by a spectacular view of Mount Kenya Find
out more Ol
Pejeta House Offers large luxurious rooms, a stunning garden with watering hole, and two swimming pools Find
out more | Ol
Pejeta Bush Camp Situated on the banks of the Ewaso Nyiro River this small bush camp will offer guests the opportunity
for interactive conservation safaris Find
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Porini Rhino Camp Hidden in
a secluded valley and set amongst shady acacia trees on the banks of a seasonal river, the camp consists of six spacious guest
tents, each comfortably furnished with en suite bathrooms Find
out more Kicheche Camp-Laikipia The new
Laikipia Camp is a small luxurious tented camp, nestled at the foot of indigenous forest overlooking a waterhole. It's
twelve guests will be hosted by the inimitable Andy and Sonja Webb. Find
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Laikipia Northern Kenya Laikipia Ranches
& Wildlife Conservancies: Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary: Ol Pejeta Conservancy: Lewa
Wildlife Conservancy: Ol Malo Borana
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Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary Laikipia-Kenya
Visitors to
the Ol Pejeta Conservancy have free access to the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary, which is open daily from 9:00am to 10:30am
and 3pm to 4:30pm.
The Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary
is incorporated within the Ol Pejeta Conservancy and is the only place in Kenya where this highly endangered and remarkably
intelligent species can be seen. The Sweetwaters
Chimpanzee Sanctuary opened in 1993 in a negotiated agreement between the Ol Pejeta Conservancy, the Kenya Wildlife Service
(KWS) and the Jane Goodall Institute. The facility was initially established to receive and provide life-long refuge to orphaned
and abused chimpanzees from west and central Africa. An initial group of three chimpanzee orphans were brought to the sanctuary
from a facility in Bujumbura, Burundi in 1993. This group of chimpanzees needed to be evacuated due to the outbreak of civil
war in Burundi. This was followed in 1995 by another group of 9 adult chimpanzees, followed by another 10 in 1996. Over the last decade Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary has been
compelled to keep accepting chimpanzees rescued from traumatic situations bringing the total number of chimpanzees in the
sanctuary to 43. At Sweetwaters Sanctuary chimpanzees are being carefully nursed back to health so they can enjoy the rest
of their days in the safety of a vast natural enclosure. The chimpanzees live in two large groups separated by the Ewaso Nyiro
River. Sweetwaters is a chartered member of
the Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (PASA), an alliance of 18 sanctuaries in 12 African countries, currently caring for over
800 orphaned and/or confiscated chimpanzees. PASA’s role is to help conserve chimpanzees and other primates and their
habitats through public education and lobbying for political goodwill.
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