A coastal Conservancy at the crossing
of wildlife and cultural corridors

The Kipini Wildlife and Botanical Conservancy is uniquely located at the crossing of important corridors:

Habitat corridor (Map 1) - from sand dune thicket, to closed-canopy forest, to dryer open woodlands.

Wildlife corridor (Map 2) - corridor of elephants that migrate from the shores to Witu forest and disperse further in the hinterland, corridor of the coastal topis and of migratory birds.

Cultural corridor (Map 3) - eight centuries old Swahili ruins scattered between Lamu and Kipini.

The Conservancy was established in early 2004 to conserve the integrity of these corridors and the rich biodiversity they harbour, including critically endangered fauna and flora species, such as the Hirola antelope (the last representative of the whole genus), the Tana River Mangabey and the Tana Red Colobus, the Cape Hunting Dog and the threatened coastal Topis. Globally recognised biodiversity hotspots in the region include the eastern arc mountains of Tanzania and Kenya and the coastal zone, particularly the Tana Delta and adjacent coastal forests and rangelands.