{"id":16737,"date":"2026-04-15T10:59:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T09:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/explorersagainstextinction.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16737"},"modified":"2026-04-16T14:20:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T13:20:02","slug":"reteti-house-namunyak-conservation-community-and-kenyas-wild-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/explorersagainstextinction.co.uk\/blog\/reteti-house-namunyak-conservation-community-and-kenyas-wild-north\/","title":{"rendered":"Reteti House Review: Conservation, Community and Kenya\u2019s Wild North"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Heading north from the dusty scrape of Samburu\u2019s Kalama airstrip, the landscape shifts almost immediately, opening into something wilder, redder and far more expansive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We join the A2, which cuts through northern Kenya beneath the watchful presence of Mount Ololokwe, its dark outline anchoring the horizon. Camels and goats drift across the roadside, guided by Samburu pastoralists wrapped in bright shukas. Everything moves at an unhurried pace. It feels timeless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wildlife appears in glimpses between the trees. A reticulated giraffe lopes through the scrub with easy grace. Grevy\u2019s zebra flicker into view, then disappear just as quickly. A Somali ostrich pauses mid-step, almost performative, as if aware it is being watched. These are species shaped by this harsher, arid environment. Resilient and distinctive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is an immediate sense that this is a different Kenya. More remote, less visited and as much about people and landscape as wildlife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our destination is the Namunyak Community Conservancy, where conservation, eco-tourism and community come together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Landscape Recovered<\/h3>\n\n\n\n