ILRI’s Kapiti Research Station and Wildlife Conservancy spans across 13,000-hectare located in Machakos County, southern Kenya. The facility has three functional arms, namely: Research, Conservation and serves as a Commercial Livestock Ranch. Website | Twitter | Facebook 

Konza City Conservancy is a private conservancy nestled in Machakos County. 

Lisa Ranch and Sanctuary is part of the Machakos ranches that are a plains heaven for livestock and wildlife. The Lisa Ranch experience as narrated by Rupi the African Trotter.

The Lukenya Hills/Kasanga Ranch is situated approximately 32 kilometres east of the capital city Nairobi. It borders Ol Donyo Sabuk National Park. One can spot zebras, impalas, elands and gazelles while at the ranch, which also hosts a rock climbers’ track and campsite ideal for upping one’s bush-crafting skills. Facebook

Maanzoni Wildlife Estate is a group ranch comprising unfenced five-acre land in Machakos County. It is a residential and conservation area where wildlife and the community coexist. Visitors to the estate can sight an array of wildlife and birds, including giraffes, zebras, elands, Thompson’s and Grant’s gazelles, warthogs, jackals, honey badgers, wildebeest, Kongoni, pangolins as well as the world’s largest bird: the ostrich and the world’s largest and heaviest flying bird: the Kori Bustard. Website | Facebook 

Machakos Ranching is one of the group conservancies in Athi-Kapiti where private land owners come together to enable to roam freely on their land and coexist with livestock and the community.

New Astra Ranch is a private conservancy located in Machakos Country, 45 kilometres from the capital city of Nairobi.

Oldonyo Sabuk National Park is a KWS (Kenya Wildlife Services) park that is part of the Athi-Kapiti landscape. The park, located in Machakos County, is home to the small mountain Ol Donyo Sabuk whose peak height stands at 2,145 metres as well as 45 species of birds and an array of animals, including the buffalo, bushbuck, leopard, olive baboon, aardvark, porcupine and mongoose. KWS Website

Olosira Conservancy is an emerging group conservancy located in the expansive Kajiado Country, about 62 kilometers from the bustling capital city Nairobi.

Rimpa Estate Wildlife Conservancy is located approximately 25 kilometres southwest of Nairobi, bordered to the west by the views of Ngong Hills and to the north by the Kiserian River. Rimpa, a Maasai word that means: a place of no lack, is a livestock ranch that supports the local community with improved Dorper sheep and Simmental bull breeds.  It is also a wildlife dispersal area courtesy of its proximity to the Nairobi National Park. Website | Instagram 

Yatta B2 Ranch is a group conservancy that is promoting wildlife conservation in an area that might not come to mind for most when they think of tourism and wildlife: Kitui County—yet it is home to Zebras, giraffes and impalas.