Rhino Programme
Bringing Southern White Rhino Back to the Mountain
In 2025, Kenya Wildlife Service sent four Southern White Rhinos to Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy as part of the national Rhino Range Expansion Initiative, restoring a species lost to the mountain for over a decade.
Our Work
Why This Herd Matters
Only around seventeen thousand Southern White Rhinos remain in Africa, making their protection a national priority. As part of Kenya's Rhino Range Expansion Initiative, Kenya Wildlife Service sent six Southern White Rhinos to Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy in 2025.
It is a new flagship programme alongside our long standing work with the Mountain Bongo and orphaned elephant calves, and a homecoming for a species absent from the mountain for more than ten years.
Ours is not a breeding programme. It is part of an awareness push, so that guests, students and the wider public understand the plight of this magnificent creature and what it takes to protect it.
The Work
Caring for a Founding Population
Safe Relocation
Each rhino's move from Kenya Wildlife Service's care to the Conservancy is planned and carried out with expert veterinary supervision, keeping stress and risk to a minimum.
Veterinary Care and Protection
Dedicated veterinary care, perimeter protection and 24 hour ranger monitoring keep this founding population secure day and night.
Rhinos Under Our Care
The six Southern White Rhinos, and the other rhinos we care for, give guests, students and the wider public a rare chance to see this magnificent species up close and learn about the threats it faces.
Part of a National Priority
The Bigger Picture
Kenya's Rhino Range Expansion Initiative works to grow Southern White Rhino numbers by establishing new, secure habitats across the country. Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy's herd forms part of that national effort, drawing on the same veterinary expertise, ranger network and community partnerships built over decades through the Mountain Bongo and Elephant Rescue Centre programmes.
Explore Our HistoryMore of Our Conservation Work
Every programme here works toward the same goal where wildlife thrives on its own terms.
