Kenya – Adventure for Rhinos
Kenya – Adventure for Rhinos
Hiking and Biking to Support Community Conservation
15 days/14 nights
January 19 - February, 2026
August 2026
Price- $10,750 per person*
Come take part in a 15-day/14-night, multi-sport adventure dedicated to community conservation. On this trip, you will ride a mountain bike through conservancies devoted to conserving Kenya’s wildlife. Enjoy custom fly camps. Walk through the Kenyan bush. Engage with local communities. Climb Kenya’s tallest mountain. Learn about conservation in the Laikipia landscape.
This is an adventure of a lifetime. It is an exclusive, personalized trip!
Your participation will directly contribute to community conservation efforts in Laikipia, Kenya through Mazingira Conservation Works (MCW), the non-profit arm of Mazingira Adventures. Mazingira Conservation Works is designed to support practical interventions aimed at habitat protection, community conservation actions, citizen science, and women-led conservation enterprises.
Adventure for Rhinos
Hiking and biking to support community conservation
Trip Highlights
Hike Mt. Kenya
Trek on Mt. Kenya, Africa’s second-highest peak and one of its most spectacular mountains. Our route climbs through lush montane forests and Afro-alpine moorlands dotted with giant lobelias and groundsels, before opening to sweeping views of glaciers and rugged peaks. Guided by African Ascents’ expert team, you’ll venture beyond the busier tourist routes while supporting local livelihoods and conservation of this UNESCO World Heritage Site—an ecological treasure and vital water source for much of Kenya.
Connecting with Local Communities
Beyond the wildlife and wild landscapes, Mazingira Adventures gives you the chance to meet the people who call Laikipia home. You’ll spend time with local communities, learning about their cultures, traditions, and daily lives, and see firsthand the projects supported through Mazingira Conservation Works (MCW)—from women’s cooperatives to youth education and wildlife protection initiatives. These encounters offer a rare window into community-led conservation and remind us that true adventure is about connection as much as exploration.
Mtn Bike Ride in Wildlife Conservancies
Imagine pedaling your mountain bike across the open savannah with giraffes, zebras, and antelope as your roadside companions. This ride takes you through more than eight wildlife conservancies—a mix of private and community-managed lands that form one of the most successful conservation models in Africa. It’s a rare opportunity to experience the landscape on two wheels, moving at a pace where you can truly connect with the wildlife, people, and wide-open spaces that make Laikipia extraordinary. Every turn of the pedal helps sustain these conservancies and the communities who protect them.
Your participation in Adventure for Rhinos will directly contribute to community conservation efforts in Laikipia, Kenya through Mazingira Conservation Works (MCW), the non-profit arm of Mazingira Adventures. Mazingira Conservation Works is designed to support practical interventions aimed at habitat protection, community conservation actions, citizen science, and women-led conservation enterprises. Here are some of the projects that this trips supports:
Ontulili Primate Protection program
Ontulili Primates Protection (OPP) is a grassroots, women-led community organization dedicated to conserving natural resources and primates in Kenya’s Ontulili River sub-catchment, Laikipia, Kenya. Founded in 2020, OPP works to promote harmonious coexistence among people, forests, and wildlife through a range of initiatives, including primate monitoring, forest and catchment restoration, community education, conservation art, and sustainable livelihood support
Oramat
Oramat Lenaboisho Cooperative Society (OCLS) is a community livestock enterprise based in Laikipia County. OCLS supports local communities with cattle-rearing programs in partnership with Borana Ranch Ltd. For example, one of their programs enables grazing of community-owned cattle and supports the community in selling the cattle at local markets
Chui Mamas Women's Group
Based in Laikipia North, Kenya, the Chui Mamas are Samburu and Ndorobo women working together to improve their livelihoods and strengthen their community. Through beadwork, soap making, tailoring, and other income-generating projects, they empower women, reduce poverty, and create opportunities for self-reliance—while confronting challenges such as drought, marginalization, and gender-based violence.
Mazingira Conservation Works provides small grants to community groups to support their conservation efforts
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