Bordering the equally secluded Mara North Conservancy, Lemek Conservancy is a pioneering wildlife conservation area that allows you to enjoy a more authentic Kenyan safari.

Because you’ll be far from the crowds that the Mara can attract, you’ll be free to enjoy the sense of peace and wellbeing that the wilderness creates, and experience authentic Maasai village visits.

Both are important community-owned wildlife areas in the Masai Mara ecosystem and their success has helped changing the story of tourism and conservation in the Masai Mara, improving the livelihoods of people and extending the size of protected land where fauna and flora thrive.

Tourism directly supports conservation through daily fees. This means that by visiting Saruni, our guests are directly giving back to the community who protects this beautiful land, improving their quality of life, whilst at the same time encouraging the purpose for conservation.

For Saruni Lemek sustainability starts at home: more than 80% of the staff come the community of landowners. They proudly wear the traditional Maasai attire and they share their culture and heritage with our guests. To provide jobs, income, training and guidance for the local Maasai people is one of our main missions.
Our guests are encouraged to participate in our reforestation work. The way it works is simple: we throw the seedballs into degraded areas during our game drive. A seed, encased in a fertile charcoal crust, will germinate and soon these areas will be covered once again with indigenous trees and shrubs. We have partnered with a company called Seedballs Kenya to help re-green our parts of the country.

Our day-to-day practices reflect our ethos. We harvest rainwater, we recycle our waste, we offer game drives to school children to acquaint them with tourism, safaris and conservation. We use biodegradable detergents and source supplies locally as much as we can.