Family Accommodation
Ol Malo House
Discover the remote corners of Kenya’s Laikipia Province, a vast and impressive landscape defined by rocky hills scattered with traditional tribal villages and camel trains traversing the arid wilderness. Discover the remote corners of Kenya’s Laikipia Province, a vast and impressive landscape defined by rocky hills scattered with traditional tribal villages and camel trains traversing the arid wilderness.
Discover the remote corners of Kenya’s Laikipia Province, a vast and impressive landscape defined by rocky hills scattered with traditional tribal villages and camel trains traversing the arid wilderness. Discover the remote corners of Kenya’s Laikipia Province, a vast and impressive landscape defined by rocky hills scattered with traditional tribal villages and camel trains traversing the arid wilderness.
Location
Laikipia, located between Mount Kenya and the Great Rift Valley is one of Africa’s most exciting success stories. Rugged escarpments lead down to scrub and grassland interlaced with rivers between Mount Kenya.
In the last 30 years Laikipia has grown into a vast grouping of wildlife conservancies formed of tribal land and ranches. Innovative partnerships between safari lodges, local communities and government mean that wildlife and people can thrive side by side. You play your vital part by paying to stay and see vital conservation in action.
Laikipia has more than half Kenya’s black rhinos and the country’s second biggest population of elephant. Each superb little lodge and camp plays its part and you can see this state of the art conservation at work.
In the last 30 years Laikipia has grown into a vast grouping of wildlife conservancies formed of tribal land and ranches. Innovative partnerships between safari lodges, local communities and government mean that wildlife and people can thrive side by side. You play your vital part by paying to stay and see vital conservation in action.
Laikipia has more than half Kenya’s black rhinos and the country’s second biggest population of elephant. Each superb little lodge and camp plays its part and you can see this state of the art conservation at work.
Luxurious Private House Safari
The impressive Ol Malo House is the perfect accommodation for a large family getaway.
Three double en-suite bedrooms surround a central dining room and lounge, with a further three bedrooms in separate cottages. The architecture is eclectic, with exposed wooden beams and stone that lends the house a feeling of having evolved out of the landscape itself.
Warm amber tones are punctuated with pops of turquoise and maroon, while the aroma of freshly brewed coffee gently wakes you each morning.
Three double en-suite bedrooms surround a central dining room and lounge, with a further three bedrooms in separate cottages. The architecture is eclectic, with exposed wooden beams and stone that lends the house a feeling of having evolved out of the landscape itself.
Warm amber tones are punctuated with pops of turquoise and maroon, while the aroma of freshly brewed coffee gently wakes you each morning.
Safari Activities and Laikipia Wildlife
You’ll explore the 5,000 private acres both on the ground and above it, taking to the skies in a helicopter for a sunrise flight before riding out for evening sundowners on horseback.
The game drives are exhilarating – the privacy of the ranch is never clearer than when the only jeep you see in a day is the one that you’re in.
Here you’ll encounter elephant and buffalo leading playful calves to waterholes, a welcome respite from the afternoon heat, as well as lion and leopard, dozing their days away before slinking out to hunt in the cooler hours.
You might try your hand at fishing – with expert guidance you could be the next to catch a record breaker!
The game drives are exhilarating – the privacy of the ranch is never clearer than when the only jeep you see in a day is the one that you’re in.
Here you’ll encounter elephant and buffalo leading playful calves to waterholes, a welcome respite from the afternoon heat, as well as lion and leopard, dozing their days away before slinking out to hunt in the cooler hours.
You might try your hand at fishing – with expert guidance you could be the next to catch a record breaker!
Support Samburu Communities
Every stay at Ol Malo contributes to the preservation of the Samburu tribal way of life.
Through the Samburu Trust, you can meet this ancient tribe in their traditional homeland, learning centuries of traditional bush skills from them that you can put to use yourself.
Put your newfound skills to the test on your next game drive, helping your guide track rhino, giraffe, and more.
Through the Samburu Trust, you can meet this ancient tribe in their traditional homeland, learning centuries of traditional bush skills from them that you can put to use yourself.
Put your newfound skills to the test on your next game drive, helping your guide track rhino, giraffe, and more.
Positive Impact
We prioritise working with properties that collaborate with local communities and address location-specific needs from education to anti-poaching. We assess our partners to ensure the people we work with share our values of ensuring our trips continue to act as a force for good. Here we share some of the positive impacts your stay here contributes to.We prioritise working with properties that collaborate with local communities and address location-specific needs from education to anti-poaching. We assess our partners to ensure the people we work with share our values of ensuring our trips continue to act as a force for good. Here we share some of the positive impacts your stay here contributes to.
Conservation
Ol Malo’s partner, the Samburu Trust, have spent the last 20 years funding helicopter flights to dart and treat injured elephants, rescued and rehabilitated orphan animals, and worked with local government branches and Samburu communities to maintain safe passage for wild animals. This is done with guidance from tribal elders and in partnership with Kenya Wildlife Services, ensuring the coexistence between humans and wildlife thrives in the North.
Environment
Another initiative started by the Samburu Trust is the network of clean water reservoirs created along human and animal migratory routes. Sparked by the increased and longer droughts in recent years as a result of global warming, the reservoirs provide clean water from which people, livestock and wildlife can safely drink.
Community
The Samburu Trust protects and secures the future of the Samburu people and their land through education, conservation, healthcare, water supply, women’s opportunities, and eco-tourism. The camp supports the trust by providing two schools, the Trust Burns Room, the Mamaʼs Beading Workshop, and the Trust Gift Shop to sell their beaded products. They also offer assistance on wildlife conflict, medical care, and building water reservoir systems to support the entire ecosystem for the benefit of local communities.
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