Olderkesi Conservancy, Kenya, Africa
As featured in “The Bucket List: Eco Experiences” by Juliet Kinsman, published by Rizzoli.
This safari lodge doesn’t just approach conservation the right way; they are setting a benchmark with what they call their Theory of Change. Calvin Cottar created the Cottar’s Wildlife Conservation Trust and set this framework, to layout their manifesto of how they’re helping the local Maasai people benefit from tourism, boosting biodiversity, and allowing wildlife conservation.
Bouteco loves: Their aim is for Cottar’s 1920s Camp to be financially successful and sustainable for another hundred years. Remaining faithful to their ancestors’ tradition of providing authentic safari experiences their priority is ensuring a legacy of wilderness, wildlife, comfort and security and honouring a balance between conservation, prosperous commerce, community and culture. With no hunting as when their forefathers started out; the only shooting here is with seriously impressive long lenses. Calvin Cottar started creating the Olderkesi Conservancy two decades ago and in that time trialled their out-of-the-box ideas so that natural biodiversity and tourism could be seen to improve rural livelihoods, and provide more effective wildlife conservation.
www.cottars.com
