For this year’s Giving Tuesday, we hope you will consider donating to the Lion Guardians, who work towards the coexistence of people and wildlife in the Amboseli area. Several of my guests have supported the individual Lion Guardians working on the ground in and around Kitirua Conservancy, our private safari area next to Amboseli National Park. Metito, Laen, and now Lankoi are local Maasai warriors turned guardians of the lions in this critical corridor for wildlife at the base of Kilimanjaro. There are many ways to help the Lion Guardians, all of which are detailed on their excellent website:

Elephants near Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

Two of Stephanie’s stories have recently been published, and both are about conservation issues in the Amboseli area. In February, “Can Mock Hunts Save Lions’ Lives,” about a unique method being used by the Lion Guardians program, appeared in Ensia magazine. You can read it here.

Earlier this month, Steph’s story about Nick Brandt’s art and the creation of the Big Life Foundation was published in a new Scandinavian magazine called The Collection. It is not yet available online, but you can access the pdf here: Hope for Big Life in East Africa

I am proud to work with both of these organizations through my position at the Kenya Wildlife Trust, and I hope you enjoy reading about some of the conservation solutions in action in one of our favorite safari destinations.