16/10/2026
Impact Spotlight: House in the Wild 🌿
On the edge of the Maasai Mara, House in the Wild is part of a landscape-scale effort to restore what Kenya has been losing: over 70% of its wildlife in the past 40 years. Here, conservation is not a constraint on prosperity, but the foundation of it.
At its heart is Futures in the Wild, the programme that brings conservation, education, and livelihoods together. Land once degraded by deforestation, charcoal, and overgrazing is being restored through regenerative grazing, predator-proof bomas, and fence removal. Across Enonkishu and Mbokishi, 15,094 acres are now protected, and Grant’s gazelles have returned to Mbokishi for the first time in decades. Conservancy fees from guest stays help secure the land and support more than 145 landowner families.
Futures in the Wild reaches into the community, too. At the Women in the Wild tree nursery, indigenous seedlings are tended by hand and at least 120 trees are planted every week in villages, schools, and along riverbanks to prevent erosion, promote biodiversity and provide food and shade. Guests are welcome to join in the planting during their stay.
“We plant trees today because tomorrow our children will need shade, clean air, and a good place to live. If we don’t plant, who will?” - Noonkuta Kimiriny, Esoit village
Its conservation libraries bring education and the next generation into the story. Supported by guest stays, House in the Wild has celebrated its 10th, with the latest holding 1,000 books, solar Wi-Fi, and outdoor lighting.
“Our children now have a place where they can sit, read, and learn about the environment around them. This library will help them understand that taking care of our land and wildlife starts with what we do here at home.” - Gideon Lillianka, teacher, Emarti Comprehensive School
A stay here means being part of the story: wildlife returning, land healing, and a community growing alongside both.
Photo credits: Blackbean Productions, Stevie Mann Photography, Women in the Wild, Collection in the Wild.
