Fairmont Mount Kenya Safari Club Teams Up with Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy

Located within the private Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy, Fairmont Mount Kenya Safari Club has been supporting the Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy (MKWC) over the years to restore the fauna and flora on the slopes of Mount Kenya - the highest peak in Kenya.

Fairmont Mount Kenya Safari Club and Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy collaborate in the Community Conservation Education program focusing on the Mountain Bongo, the largest forest antelope. With less than a 100 left in the wild, they are listed as a critically endangered, threatened species. Having 81 of them in the Mount Kenya wild life conservancy is a milestone and supports the educational program. Annually, Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy hosts over 30,000 students from schools across the country and has hosted over 400,000 students in the last 20 years. This year, over 10,500 students and teachers have benefitted from the program.

Part of the financial support for the Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy is received from conservancy fees made by Fairmont Mount Kenya Safari Club guests.  This plays a key role in supporting programs geared towards the Mountain Bongo breeding and rewilding program and the animal orphanage, home to various species of animals including one of Kenya’s most threatened primates, the rare Patas monkey.