Getting around · Laikipia · Il Ngwesi Group Ranch
ClassicIl Ngwesi Lodge
Community-owned bandas · 6 bandas · Laikipia · Il Ngwesi Group Ranch, Kenya
- Tier
- Classic
- Style
- Community-owned bandas
- Size
- 6 bandas
- Region
- Laikipia · Il Ngwesi Group Ranch
- Nearest airstrip
- Lewa Downs
- Drive from strip
- 1 hr 30 min – 2 hr
A pioneering, award-winning lodge wholly owned and run by the local Maasai community, where tourism revenue funds local education, health and conservation.
Il Ngwesi is perched dramatically on an escarpment in northern Laikipia, overlooking the Samburu lowlands and the Mathews Range, on a community group ranch that dedicates most of its land to conservation. The open-fronted bandas have hand-carved beds, open-air showers and the option of sleeping under the stars. Game drives, guided bush walks and Maasai cultural visits are at the heart of a stay.
Flying in
The nearest airstrip is Lewa Downs, about 1 hr 30 min – 2 hr by road from the lodge. See the real fly-in routes and how the rest of the region connects on the Getting Around map.
Open the fly-in mapEach Wildtouch safari is quoted individually — rates depend on your dates, the camps you choose and how it all links together. Wildtouch prices the whole journey, not a per-night sticker.
Safaris in Kenya
We don't run a set route through Laikipia · Il Ngwesi Group Ranch yet. These are our Kenya safaris today, and Il Ngwesi Lodge can be built into a private itinerary on request.
5-Day Maasai Mara Safari from Nairobi
Three nights in the Maasai Mara, reached by road across the Great Rift Valley — two full days of game drives for big cats, elephant and the plains herds, a night in Nairobi on arrival and a farewell dinner at the Carnivore before your flight home.
View this safari →7 daysMaasai Mara Safari & Meru
A seven-day luxury Maasai Mara safari and Kenya fly-in, connecting the untamed 'Born Free' wilderness of Meru National Park with the Great Migration plains of the Mara — direct bush flights, luxury lodges and Big Five game viewing throughout.
View this safari →7 days7-Day Classic Kenya Safari: Lake Nakuru & Maasai Mara
Rhino at Lake Nakuru, then the big cats of the Maasai Mara — a week by road through the Great Rift Valley, with two nights in a fenced rhino sanctuary and three in Kenya's best-known reserve.
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