Il Ngwesi, hunters turned defenders

At the edge of Mukogodo Hills lies Il Ngwesi Lodge, one of the first community-led conservation initiatives to be established in northern Kenya. It has generated enterprises such as the cultural boma (or village), camel safaris and campsites, writes FERDINAND MWONGELA

At home with wild animals sounds corny, like something Karen Blixen would write when describing a black man’s co-existence with nature. But this is the way it is in the remote plains of Laikipia towards the border with Isiolo.