Like many other tourism destinations in Kenya, Ol Pejeta Conservancy in central Kenya has been hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
One of the most exciting new events at Ol Pejeta is a daily schedule of virtual tours called ‘sofa safaris’.
Several times a week, the conservancy live-streams game drives in the morning or late afternoon, hosted by staff such as safari guide Jimmy Mbogo, rhino keeper James Mwenda, zoology student Ellie Jones-Perrot, and the conservancy’s managing director, Richard Vigne.
Ol Pejeta has the single highest number of black rhinos in Kenya, 134 animals plus 36 white rhinos.
Recently the sofa safaris went into a classroom-style discussion on YouTube about the extinction of northern white rhinos, which are native to central Africa, Sudan, Chad and parts of Uganda.
