The Samburu people call them the Lenkiyio Hills, also known as the Mathews Range. This 150-kilometre stretch of peaks and knuckle-ridge hills towers above quintessential dry savannah that epitomises northern Kenya’s expansive plains. 900 square kilometres of lush mountain forest like no other in East Africa.

A sky island with incredible endemic biodiversity.  This is a place where elephants forge trails amongst ancient hardwood trees, wild forest orchids, and endemic cycads (a plant that looks like it belongs in the age of the dinosaurs).

Where crystal clear streams form natural swimming pools, and where you can find the only population of De Brazza monkeys in Kenya. This forest is also home to over 350 bird species, more than 150 species of butterfly, elephants, leopard, buffalo, wild dog, greater kudu, waterbuck, giant forest hog….