Soysambu Conservancy

It covers 48,000 acres (190 km2) and borders the Elmenteita Badlands in the south, near Mawe Mbili, and Lake Nakuru National Park in the west.

Having previously found the cost of preserving wildlife exorbitant, the owners entered into a partnership to form the Soysambu Conservancy in order to promote public access, best management practices and a new business model.

Notable visitors to the estate include Winston Churchill, who picnicked by Lake Elmenteita in 1908 after some pigsticking,[1] Evelyn Waugh in the 1930s,[citation needed] Jomo Kenyatta in 1978[citation needed] and Prince Amyn Aga Khan in 2001.

[citation needed] The conservancy covers the northern, western and part of the southern shores of Lake Elmenteita, the last remaining breeding site for pelicans in Kenya.

In 2002 a complete family of Colobus monkeys was moved into the riverine forest from an area near Gilgil, where their habitat was fast being destroyed.