Community-led. Community-owned.
Where Wildlife,
Land, and the People
Belong Together.
Experience the wild, conserve the future
and live our culture.
Conservation
Community
Culture
Livelihoods
Our land. Our people. Our future.
Welcome to Nareto Conservancy
Nareto Conservancy is a community-led, community-owned conservation organization, based and registered in Laikipia County, Northern Kenya. For generations, the people of Nareto have shared this land with elephants, lions, and the wider wildlife that moves across its plains and rivers, and that long kinship is the foundation of everything we do. They are the rightful stewards of this landscape, not spectators to decisions made about it from elsewhere. Their knowledge of the seasons, the animals, and the land itself, passed down through families and elders, guides how Nareto is protected today and how its future is shaped. We exist to strengthen that stewardship, to put resources and opportunity behind it, and to make sure that those who live closest to wildlife are the ones who lead and benefit from its protection.
Our work lives at the meeting point of wildlife protection, land restoration, water security, and community livelihoods, because in Nareto none of these can stand alone. A ranger patrol safeguards wildlife while giving young people dignified, purposeful work close to home. A beehive offers a household sustainable income and gives elephants a reason to be welcome rather than feared. Restored grasslands bring back grazing for livestock and wildlife alike, building resilience against drought. A borehole protects both the people and the animals who share a single source of water, easing the pressures that so often turn neighbors into competitors. Every program is designed alongside the people who live on this land, not delivered to them from outside, shaped through open conversation, local leadership, and shared decision-making. The result is conservation that belongs to the community: something they build, own, and carry forward together, for the benefit of people and wildlife for generations to come.