Special itinerary for rangers

Kenya is an expensive country to use as a training platform; and I am not sure it's parks, wildlife, current conservation strategies & socio-economic fabric matches (or will match) that of your own country.

You may find yourself spending thousands of dollars raised through charitable activities to fund what may turn out to be "a low budget holiday for you and your mates..."

MrGenius

I highly recommend Ol Pejeta, which is one of the most well managed parks I've visited in Kenya. They also offer many activities in the park, such as lion tracking for research, walks along the river, visits to the Jane Goodall chimpanzee sanctuary, visits to the endangered species enclosure, etc. All these activities are lead by rangers, who are full of valuable information and all the rangers I met had been working in the park for over a decade. The park is home to a number of rhinos (including the last 3 Northern white rhinos)and I believe the park has never had any poaching incidents.

Meru is also an interesting park that faced a huge poaching crisis back in the day (think the Adamson's and Born Free), but is quickly increasing their wildlife numbers due to money, support, and good management. Also, I recommend any smaller park, where you are more likely able to spend some time discussing management issues with the rangers (e.g. Aberdares, Ruma, Sibiloi, etc).

Finally, I recommend trying to discuss with the parks about your visit before you actually come to get the most of out of your trip. Ol Pejeta is very good with communication...I'm a little less sure about the other parks. However, when I visited Sibiloi, the assistant warden was extremely helpful in helping us plan our trip via email (despite the inconsistent internet in the park). Also, try talking to some of the NGOs that are working in the parks to see if you can set up meetings (Save the Elephants, Born Free, David Sheldrick, Rhino Ark, and countless others).

am edwin ngetich working with kenshar enterprises in kenya nort rift part of kenya ,am advissing you its better to work with community conservancies that you will gain much enough in your research because even me i did and succeeded in this with less cost if you are ready i can hooked you to western wildlife conservancies association (wwca)

you can also speak with the office through www.westernconservancies.org you will get all the assistance you need dont assistate to contact in any assistance you need good day

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