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Conservation Stories

Storytelling is about sharing knowledge and experiences. Powerful stories evoke emotion and stimulate thought. They engage and provoke us and provide us with a new perspective. Conservation stories are not simply about the wild world, but the relationship at the edge existence. Where communities and wildlife meet. Where decisions taken in distant, unrelated, countries have far-reaching consequences. And where resilience and determination coupled with a will succeed, much like the wildlife themselves, transcends traditional narratives about human-wildlife conflict.

A Wilderness in Harmony

A video series showcasing the symbiotic relationship between the wildlife and the pastoral Maasai people.

Told by the people who live there.

A Maasai Tale

Lenye Taika discusses the history of Kicheche. Lenye is the longest serving employee and joined Kicheche at its inception.

As both a pioneer of the conservancy model and a landowner himself, he is uniquely placed to discuss how the Conservancies, and Kicheche in particular, has changed his life and the lives of the Maasai communities for the better.

Lenye does not speak English and instead discusses his experiences in his local language, Maa.

A Wilderness in Harmony | Living in Peace

Kicheche Camps guide, Benja Kaluena, explains the significance and benefits of the Conservancy model for the local Maasai people though his own experiences growing up in Aitong and seeing the change for the better.

The Conservancies of the Masai Mara are an incredible, and successful, conservation story. Their goal is the continual betterment of the local communities and the preservation, and expansion, of wildlife areas.

They create a direct, mutual benefit to both the communities and the wildlife ensuring that the local Maasai people can protect their heritage while reaping the rewards of eco-tourism. Similarly, the wildlife benefits from the protection afforded them through the removal of human-wildlife conflict.

This video series showcases the symbiotic relationship between the wildlife and the pastoral Maasai people.

Women in the Wild

“I believe that people are here because they have qualified to be here.”

Minnie Nyokabi, Manager of Kicheche Valley Camp in Kenya’s Masai Mara speaks about her experiences of being a woman in a male-dominated industry and mentoring young women who are bucking traditions and cultural stereotypes seeking to improve their lives through work and financial independence rather than marriage.

Lydia is a newly qualified guide learning the ropes.

A Wilderness in Harmony | Living in Peace

Individual Stories

A forthcoming video series showing individual efforts and progressive ideas for conservation.

The Rhino Guardians of Ol Pejeta

Featuring interview VoiceOver from Ol Pejeta’s senior ranger discussing their use of anti-poaching sniffer dogs highlighting the symbiotic success of the ranger team and the local community where since 2017 not a single rhino has been poached. Because of this, Ol Pejeta now has the greatest concentration of black rhinos in Kenya.

Filmed as part of an assignment for a camp operating in Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya.

Conservation Campaigns

We love being invited to work with some truly amazing conservationists. These tireless heroes sacrifice willingly to conserve and protect wild areas and wild animals. For the wildlife. For the communities. For the future. We work with safari and expedition companies across the world, from the expanse of the African plains to the frozen oceans around Baffin Island and the wild seas of South Georgia and the South Atlantic.

Running for Tigers

Paul Goldstein has raised over £300,000 with his Worth More Alive campaign for the protection of Bengal tigers. Traditional medicine is the largest immediate threat to the remaining Bengal tiger population as end users continue to employ tiger parts for unproven medical remedies. Dead, its bodily parts harvested, a tiger is worth $30,000 to a few despicable dealers. Alive, with all ancillary benefits, a tiger can be worth up to $50 million. It is estimated that only 3,000 Bengal tigers are left in existence, a small rise, but these animals are still desperately threatened.

To learn more or make a donation visit the Worth More Alive website.

High of the Tiger

20 Marathons completed. In a tiger suit. All to raise money for tiger conservation.

From Brighton to London and Kilimanjaro in between, Paul Goldstein has spent over a decade pushing himself to the extremes running marathons to raise money for tiger conservation, building schools in India and in early May 2022, he set off from his home in London with the aim of trekking to Everest Base Camp and completing the Everest Marathon - known as "The toughest marathon in the world"...

Battling headaches, nausea, altitude-induced nightmares and his own doubts, he does this because tigers are worth more alive.

And while he may be hanging up his suit, the fight is not finished. Tigers are still endangered, they are still incarcerated in unspeakable conditions and people still consume their body parts...

This is an incredible species that is worth more alive.

From Big Ben to the Big One

It's been 12 years since Paul first ran the London Marathon in his - now legendary - tiger suit to raise money for these vulnerable animals.

He and his suit have since run 19 more marathons, and conquered Kilimanjaro too, raising over £300,000 in the process.

This money has built a new school, bought ambulances, patrol vehicles, drilled bore holes and funded facilities for many outlying villages.

On the 29th May 2022, Paul will take on the daunting Everest marathon as a grand finale to his epic Worth More Alive campaign.

A 50km race, run as an individual or as part of a team, through the conservancies of the northern Masai Mara ecosystem.

This initiative aims to raise money for various causes that are critical to the survival of the Masai Mara Conservancies.

MARAthon 2022 - Official (Copy)

The greater Maasai Mara is one of Africa’s key ecosystems and provides an essential barrier between agricultural areas and the Maasai Mara reserve itself.

The stewards in the greater Mara area rely primarily on tourism to manage and protect the ecosystem which, given the seasonal nature of tourism in the area and the current pandemic, presents certain challenges.

The goal of the UltraMARAthon is to raise funds to support key initiatives in the region related to conservation and enhancing the lives of the communities within the area.

Kicheche MARAthon 2021 (Copy)

The UltraMARAthon is a 50km race through the Conservancies of Kenya's Masai Mara raising funds to support the Mara Elephant Project, the African Mission Services Birth Center and the Rangers - all three are vital to the continuing success of these priceless Conservancies.

1600 meters above sea-level. 20-knot headwind. Two Maasai staff. One British-based South African tourist on his eighth week at Kicheche this year. And Paul.

The proceeds from the event go directly to supporting initiatives in the region that are aimed at protecting both wildlife and the environment, as well as enhancing the lives of the community members who live there.