Makena’s Hills is spacious and refined. Special antiques and collector’s items adorn each room, the living area and the feeling is very much one of being in a private and carefully looked after residence rather than a lodge.
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Situated on the extreme western edge of the Laikpia Plateau, with spectacular views across Kenya’s Rift Valley over- looking Lake Baringo, the Gallmann Mukutan Conservancy is the 90, 000 acre biodiversity oasis that internationally renowned best-selling author Kuki Gallmann calls home.
Makena’s Hills is spacious and refined. Special antiques and collector’s items adorn each room, the living area and the feeling is very much one of being in a private and carefully looked after residence rather than a lodge.
The main reception area has 2 fireplaces which are like private living rooms and individual dining areas as well as the ability to host everyone together for larger groups. There is also a front terrace with a campfire and a natural rock swimming pool. The Yoga Shala has stunning views and Kudu sometime come to watch if you feel like stretching out after a long walk.
Nearby Camps:–Ekorian Mugie Camp and Elewana Loisaba Tented Camp
The Conservancy owes its extraordinary biodiversity to its unique topography, that traverses several different undisturbed ecosystems, and to conservation efforts spanning over a generation. From the cedar and acacia clad slopes of the Engelesha forest, through Olive Groves and Savannah and deep into the tropical Mukutan Gorge.
Dotted with Paleolithic and Neolithic sites the conservancy is also a refuge to large numbers of elephant, buffalo, lion, cheetah, leopard, numerous other large mammal species and 478 bird species, including over 40 that are on the IUCN Endangered ‘Red List’. Home to the Gallmann memorial Foundation, dedicated to the coexistence of people and nature, the Conservancy hosts a variety of vibrant and innovative community and conservation projects. Due to its size and the infrequency of vehicles, animals in the Conservancy are wild and at times unpredictable.
This is not a place where you will see the ‘Big 5’ in a day, it is a place which will reveal itself to you slowly, allowing for surprise encounters with wildlife and expeditions into little visited places. It is the perfect place to begin to understand the truly wild pulse of the African Bush, to connect with an ancient, raw, instinctive harmony with nature.