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It's located at Kajiado Central, Matapato South Rangelands. It is 39 kms from Bissil town, which is along the Nairobi Namanga highway.
Ileisai conservancy is a community-owned conservancy that covers an area of approximately 6370.60 Hectares in the Kajiado Central Matapato South Rangelands. It was started by 37 Maasai land owners who collectively agreed to do wildlife conservation alongside Pastoralism, which is their way of life. Pastoralism has always been their source of income as a community.
They arrived at this agreement after several mobilization meetings held in different bomas. The meetings were catalyzed by a sudden rise in poaching cases as well as news of benefits of wildlife conservation in various conservation grounds.
Ileisai conservancy members believe that through the conservation of wildlife, culture, and the environment, it would result in community development and the introduction of tourism in the conservancy. This would benefit the locals through employment.
Most of the areas covered by the conservancy are made of savannah vegetation, making it suitable for grazers.
The conservancy has one main river; Olkejuado River, which cuts across the conservancy. It is also famous for having flat carpet-like rocks well spread along the river bed. The name of the conservancy is derived from this carpet-like rocks (Ilesai).
The main sources of water for both human and wildlife consumption in the conservancy are earth dams and boreholes. These boreholes and earth dams are either community or privately owned. Earth dams dry up during the drought season, making them only reliable during the rainy seasons.
The conservancy is reachable via earth roads that traverse most parts of the conservancy. Most areas of the conservancy have good network coverage.
The conservancy has two primary schools and several feeder schools. It does not have any health centre; instead, its members get health services at Emotoroki health centre in Osewan conservancy.
The area covered by the conservancy receives rainfall between 500 - 800 mm per year. It receives short rains between September and December and long rains between March and June.
The conservancy is found on the plains made of acacia thorn species such as Acacia tortilis (oltepesi), Acacia seyal (olerai), Balanites aegyptiaca (olng'osua), Acacia melifera (Oiti), and Commiphora africana (Osilalei) among others.
The conservancy is famous for having carpet-like rocks that are carefully spread along the river bed and are good for sunbathing. The conservancy also has numerous species of wildlife and birds that are beautiful.
The most that stand out are the elephant, leopards, and wild dogs that have the conservancy as their migration route. The monkeys in the conservancy are also growing in huge numbers.