Protecting the natural environment

Nowadays, we are increasingly aware of the importance of protecting the environment and enjoying it in the most ecologically sound possible manner. We, at Campi ya Kanzi, are proud to be among the most environmentally friendly camps in all of Africa (so quoted by Adventure Magazine, National Geographic magazine, USA Today). See the awards page.

The camp has been built with local materials only, and not a single tree has been cut. State of the art technology was applied for the use of renewable resources.
Our 220-volt electricity is provided by solar power, water is heated with solar heaters. In the kitchen, we cook meals using a special eco-friendly charcoal produced by the United Nations Environment Project. We compost our food scraps for use in our vegetable garden. Water is our most precious resource; after use, our gray water passes through lava filters that cleanse it before it is used in the garden or put in a pond for wildlife.

We help and assist the Maasai community to implement sustainable ways to manage their land and their resources. We organize workshop and trips to enable the Maasai community to better protect their wilderness.

Schools courses run by teachers and Maasai elders, address the need to understand the delicate balance of the environment, and how the entire community can play a role protecting it. If you have some old school text books for primary school please bring them with you, it will certanly help us.

The Trust we created and sustain and guests play an active part, as the $70 conservation fee charged per day goes toward some of the Trust activities, such as employment of game scouts to make sure there is no poaching, no water courses diversion, no bush fire, no illegal cutting of woods.
It also helps employng teachers, nurses and one doctor, to assist sick people.

We are proud to say that we have achieved meaningful results in protecting both the wilderness and the wildlife, working hand in hand with the Maasai.

Cartier, through Edward Norton, President of the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Fund, has declared its LOVE to the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust.

Cartier and Edward Norton have donated a substantial sum of money to start our Simba Project.

We will now be able to compensate to the Maasai community all livestock losses inflicted by lions. This is the only way to protect the lives of the lions. Join Cartier and help us: for every green bracelet sold, Cartier is donating us $100. You will help the lions and the Maasai to co-exist peacefully together.
Do you know that the lion population in Africa was estimated in 100,000 lions just ten years ago, in 23,000 four years ago and in 18,000 two years ago?! Act now if you want your kids to see wild lion in Africa!

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