A Black Rhino Conservation Success Story in the Mara

Kenya’s black rhino population is edging back from the brink and in the Maasai Mara, a quiet conservation success is taking shape. For over a decade, Sala’s Camp has supported the Mara’s dedicated rhino rangers with funding for essential equipment, specialist training and, most recently, cutting-edge technology.

Over the past couple of years, The Safari Collection Footprint Trust have helped to accelerate progress, supporting two rhino ear-notching and tagging operations to fit over 20 Eastern black rhinos in the Mara with GPS transmitters. These high-tech trackers, along with the rollout of 'EarthRanger' (a real-time monitoring system), the set up of a LoRaWAN network (Long Range Wide Area Network) and the construction of the new Maasai Mara Conservation Centre, are transforming how rhinos are monitored and protected.

It’s all part of a bigger collaboration - between Narok County Government, various other stakeholders, donors and conservation-driven tourism partners like The Safari Collection.

And it’s working. Through collaboration we are getting closer to a future where endangered black rhinos not only survive, but thrive.

🎥 Watch rhino conservation in action in this short film from The Safari Collection.