Located an hour away from Nakuru National Park, Kigio Conservancy is situated in the heart of the Great Rift Valley. The 3,500 acre conservancy provides a haven for successful breeding of the endangered Rothschild Giraffe, of which there are only 300 animals remaining worldwide.

The revised management plan was to create a wildlife sanctuary with emphasis on protection of all biodiversity and to create a sustainable eco tourism destination.

Wild life was present on the land but numbers were declining: the last remaining Giraffe died as a result of poaching in 1996.