NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 4 – The Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy (MKWC) has been named one of many world’s prime journey locations in Tripadvisor’s 2025 Travelers’ Choice Awards, putting it among the many prime 10 p.c of listings globally.
The recognition, based mostly on customer critiques over the previous 12 months, highlights MKWC’s rising attraction to eco-conscious vacationers and its function in wildlife conservation.
MKWC Head of Conservancy Dr. Robert Aruho stated it affirms ongoing efforts to guard endangered species just like the Mountain Bongo, which now quantity fewer than 100 within the wild.
The conservancy has efficiently bred 4 generations of the antelope and rewilded them into the Mawingu Sanctuary — the world’s first sanctuary devoted to the Mountain Bongo.
Since 2022, ten bongos have been launched into the 776-acre forest sanctuary, with 4 births recorded, signaling the species’ profitable adaptation to their pure habitat.
