Our Support We began our conservation efforts using our own resources and donating a “conservation fee” ($20 per person) for guests staying at Ndarakwai Camp, or camping on the ranch. As our vision grew, we realized we needed more sustainable long term financing. In 2002, we formed The Kilimanjaro Conservancy.

Your support for The Kilimanjaro Conservancy will help us to undertake the various projects that we have outlined in order to better understand the delicate relationship between humans and wildlife, and improve conditions for both.

Please send your donations to:
The Kilimanjaro Conservancy
P.O. Box 49, Arusha, Tanzania, East Africa
y, but in retaliation for crop damage parks while they migrate between parks and other bush areas. In their search for food and water, elephants trample ground, snap apartften wounded animals. For many animals, like cheetah, every individual is critical to the survival of the species. If a car breaks a cheetah’s leg, it will likely die. TKC plans to create a Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, a place for captured animals to recover and rehabilitate before re-introducing into the wild.
A TKC veterinarian based at Ndarakwai would work with injured, captured, and problem animals, including those smuggled animals the government has intercepted at customs. Right now there is no holding facility for such wildlife. Several zoo-based veterinarians have expressed interest, but we’ll need facilities and instruments for their work. TKC would like to raise funds to help create The Rafiki Wildlife Rehabilitation Center.
Education / Research Center
The Maasai in this region depend on livestock. TKC, in partnership with Kenya’s African Conservation Center, is working on innovative ways that would make the interaction between wildlife and livestock profitable under commercial livestock production, using a system of seasonal rotation that maximizing yield and building grass banks to cope with droughts.
More research is needed to understand the relationships between wildlife, vegetation, and the needs of local communities. One of the aims of TKC is to establish an Education / Research Center. Over the years we’ve hosted students from the School for International Training in the U.S. They’ve undertaken many research projects, but more consistent, thorough, and meaningful research is needed. We’d like to develop a curriculum for local and foreign students to learn environmental stewardship and gain a greater appreciation for the delicate balance between humans and nature.
Land Purchase
The Kilimanjaro Conservancy aims to continue protecting and rehabilitating the region’s habitat through further land acquisitions. Several tracts of land adjoining the Ndarakwai unsuitable for farming could be prime wildlife habitat for protected wildlife. The Kilimanjaro Conservancy is well placed to purchase and manage this land. Another government-owned parcel, larger than the total of Ndarakwai may be available within the next few years. The potential for wildlife protection there may be lost to development or habitat destruction through grazing or further charcoal cutting. The Kilimanjaro Conservancy is seeking partners to help protect this land through purchase.