KENYA
Mara Training Centre
Year Accredited
2017
HUB LEADERS
Lawrence Ole Mbelati
SPECIALTIES
Pastoralism, herding, biodiversity conservation, EOV, land restoration, indigenous peoples engagement, livestock production & management
Region Covered
Maasai Mara, Kenya and Eastern Africa
About
The Mara Training Centre (MTC) is located in the world-famous Maasai Mara ecosystem in Kenya. The overall purpose of the organization is to enhance the capacity of participants and their wider communities to create and manage the future they desire.
It does this by focusing on three main aspects: building inclusive social participation, governance and decision-making; creating locally-led-and-implemented regenerative planned grazing; and stimulating growth in both livestock and wildlife-based enterprises through value-chain development.
Tarquin and Lippa Wood started the Enonkishu Conservancy in 2009 and began ecotourism enterprises in the region in 2013, having previously been involved in intensive agriculture. The conservation in this region is a story of hope, an exciting rewilding project where areas that previously had very little wildlife, are now teaming with game and biodiversity is flourishing.
The Woods believe that conservation lives hand in hand with ecotourism and community development. Every guest visiting us is helping us in conserving this fragile edge of the Mara Serengeti Ecosystem. All guests that stay with us contribute to the Enonkishu Conservancy and have the opportunity to not only enjoy a fantastic safari seeing the incredible wildlife that lives in this area, but also to get involved in conservation and community development projects.
The Wild Hub is tucked away on a meander of the Mara River, on what was once an intensive livestock enterprise, in the Enonkishu Conservancy, on the edge of the Fair Oils Mara farm. The Mara Training Centre, part of the Wild Hub, was created in 2016 aiming to work with the surrounding community on creating a sustainable rangeland management program and raising revenue for the surrounding landowners through conservation fees.
Due to increased demand, the farm has been converted into charming accommodation options and the facility has been opened up to offer the perfect base from which to explore the Maasai Mara for groups, single travellers, couples or families. We have a range of accommodation to suit different needs.
In addition to normal training short courses, we offer globally-recognised trainer and practitioner certification programs that utilise trainees’ work environments, so as to maximise value and minimise absence from work.
It does this by focusing on three main aspects: building inclusive social participation, governance and decision-making; creating locally-led-and-implemented regenerative planned grazing; and stimulating growth in both livestock and wildlife-based enterprises through value-chain development.
Tarquin and Lippa Wood started the Enonkishu Conservancy in 2009 and began ecotourism enterprises in the region in 2013, having previously been involved in intensive agriculture. The conservation in this region is a story of hope, an exciting rewilding project where areas that previously had very little wildlife, are now teaming with game and biodiversity is flourishing.
The Woods believe that conservation lives hand in hand with ecotourism and community development. Every guest visiting us is helping us in conserving this fragile edge of the Mara Serengeti Ecosystem. All guests that stay with us contribute to the Enonkishu Conservancy and have the opportunity to not only enjoy a fantastic safari seeing the incredible wildlife that lives in this area, but also to get involved in conservation and community development projects.
The Wild Hub is tucked away on a meander of the Mara River, on what was once an intensive livestock enterprise, in the Enonkishu Conservancy, on the edge of the Fair Oils Mara farm. The Mara Training Centre, part of the Wild Hub, was created in 2016 aiming to work with the surrounding community on creating a sustainable rangeland management program and raising revenue for the surrounding landowners through conservation fees.
Due to increased demand, the farm has been converted into charming accommodation options and the facility has been opened up to offer the perfect base from which to explore the Maasai Mara for groups, single travellers, couples or families. We have a range of accommodation to suit different needs.
In addition to normal training short courses, we offer globally-recognised trainer and practitioner certification programs that utilise trainees’ work environments, so as to maximise value and minimise absence from work.
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