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The Northern Rangelands of Kenya Conservation Journey

Tuesday, 9th January, 2018

Following a recent trip to Kenya, I was contemplating how Wild Philanthropy has grown from a seed in the back of my mind circa 2008 into the…

The singing wells of Namunyak

Tuesday, 12th December, 2017

Set in Northern Kenya and home to Sarara Lodge and Reteti Elephant Sanctuary, Namunyak is part of the Northern Rangelands Trust group. It was established as a…

The future of Africa’s rhino: a conservation model that works

Tuesday, 21st November, 2017

On 6th November 2017 Daniel Schneider, a biologist from Boston, posted an image of a northern white rhinoceros, called Sudan, with the caption: ‘Want to know what…

A history of Namunyak Conservancy

Monday, 13th November, 2017

As well as offering bespoke private safaris to anywhere in Southern and Eastern Africa, Wild Philanthropy also organises set departure trips, which are less like a holiday…

Andrew McCarthy of The New York Times goes to the Omo

Sunday, 5th November, 2017

I can’t tell you how pleased I am to see Andrew McCarthy’s excellent Up Close with Ethiopia’s Imperiled Omo Valley, published today in the New York Times….

Borana Lodge Medical Clinic

Thursday, 7th December, 2017

Many communities in rural Africa lack healthcare enough to cope with disease transmission. Aside from AIDS, malaria and measles, it is often the ones that we see…

Wild Philanthropy: state of the nation and our first appeal

Monday, 4th September, 2017

Following Simon’s recent blog over at our sister company, Journeys by Design, I thought it was about time we provided a quick update on all things Wild…

On saving the wild elephant

Thursday, 10th August, 2017

The Guardian was kind enough to publish a piece we wrote on saving the wild elephant, something I should have alerted you to back in October. My…

Jane Owen and the wild-card purchase

Wednesday, 2nd August, 2017

I’ve just got back from a trip that included hosting deputy editor of the Financial Times Jane Owen on a ‘whistle stop tour’ around the likes of…