A Private Home Within Ol Jogi
“When you have caught the rhythm of Africa, you find out that it is the same in all her music.” — Karen Blixen, Out of Africa
A Rare Opportunity
Established in 1978, Ol Jogi is one of Africa’s most successful private conservation stories. Across 58,000 acres in Kenya, it has been shaped by nearly half a century of ecological stewardship, careful management, and an unusually low-density approach to development and tourism. Its landscape is among the most beautiful in Laikipia; its wildlife richness, privacy, and track record place it among the continent’s most exceptional protected sanctuaries.
From the beginning, that same discipline has informed not only how Ol Jogi protects the land, but how it invites people to experience it. In 2013, Ol Jogi Home introduced a tourism model that was almost unheard of in African safari hospitality: exclusive use only, one party at a time, with every stay shaped around absolute privacy, discretion, and deeply personalised service. That model became central to Ol Jogi’s identity and success, proving that the highest form of safari experience is not defined by volume, but by intimacy, freedom, and complete attention to the guest.
Ol Jogi’s next chapter is being shaped as a new form of wilderness hospitality. Every part of the project is intended to heighten the feeling of being in the wild — through architecture with soul, spaces with movement, and a level of privacy and personalisation that remains unmistakably Ol Jogi. True to its history of doing things differently, Ol Jogi is creating a category of safari hospitality rarely, if ever, seen in Africa.
Alongside this new hospitality concept, a single private residence is being made available for ownership. Set within its own secluded space, the home is fully managed and supported by the service, facilities, and operating strength of the lodge. The real treasure of the offering lies in the access it gives to Ol Jogi itself — the rare feeling of having an entire conservancy at your doorstep, as if it were your own, without the financial, operational, and management responsibilities that would normally come with it.
Beautiful homes can be built in many places. Very few can belong to a place like Ol Jogi — and no further private residences of this kind are planned for sale.
The Offering
At its essence, the offering is a rare combination: a private home, full access to Ol Jogi, and the support of a world-class lodge environment — all within a conservancy whose scale, privacy, wildlife, and conservation legacy cannot be recreated elsewhere.
The residence is a four-bedroom home of approximately 1,000 sqm, set within its own secluded space and designed as a true home in the bush. It includes a private pool, jacuzzi, cinema, office space, generous indoor and outdoor living areas, and a dedicated watering hole directly in front that draws wildlife to your doorstep.
The home is fully managed year-round by the Ol Jogi team, with staff, guiding, vehicles, maintenance, housekeeping, laundry, and arrival logistics already in place. When desired, the owner can also draw on the wider lodge environment, including dining, wellness spaces, shared facilities, and the full operational support behind them.
Everything is designed to remove the normal complexity of owning a remote private estate. The residence is staffed, serviced, maintained, and prepared before each arrival, so the owner can return to a home that is already ready and operating at Ol Jogi’s standard. When not in personal use, the home can participate in the managed rental programme, creating the potential to offset annual costs and generate returns for the owner, while reinforcing the conservation and community work that gives Ol Jogi its purpose.
What makes the ownership exceptional is the balance: a home within Ol Jogi, the freedom of full conservancy access, meaningful participation in its long-term stewardship, and none of the operational burden that would normally come with a private estate of this scale.
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A private residence within Ol Jogi, always guest-ready
Full access to the conservancy and wider lodge facilities
Complete staffing, servicing, maintenance, vehicles, guiding, and logistics
Fully managed ownership with no day-to-day operational burden
Optional participation in the managed rental programme
Potential to offset annual costs and generate owner returns
Ownership that directly supports Ol Jogi’s conservation and community work
Lifestyle and Experience
Life at Ol Jogi is shaped by the land around you. Days can be as active or as quiet as you choose: game drives across the conservancy, guided walks, time with the rhino orphanage, visits to conservation projects, sundowners on the rocks, bush lunches, dinners under the stars, or helicopter excursions over Laikipia, the Rift Valley, and Mount Kenya.
The residence gives you a private base within all of this. It is a place to gather family and friends, to host, to rest, or to spend slow days at home while the wilderness moves around you. The watering hole brings wildlife directly into view, and the wider conservancy remains always available — not as a scheduled activity, but as part of daily life.
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The residence functions as a true home in the bush, with the comfort and privacy of a private estate and the support of a fully managed lodge. Mornings might begin with coffee as wildlife comes to the water, followed by a walk, a drive, or a quiet day at the house. Afternoons can unfold around the pool, the terrace, the cinema, or the landscape beyond. Evenings might be spent privately at the residence, in the lodge, or out on the conservancy.
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The owner can enjoy complete seclusion whenever desired, while also having access to the wider lodge environment — including indoor and outdoor dining, lounge and bar spaces, wellness facilities, treatment rooms, yoga deck, sauna, hammam, gym, ice bath, guides, vehicles, and hosted experiences.
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The owner has access to the entire conservancy for game drives, guided walks, rhino tracking, conservation experiences, sundowners, bush meals, and curated days shaped around personal interests. Ol Jogi’s scale, wildlife richness, and long history of ecological care make the experience feel different each time: familiar enough to become home, alive enough never to feel the same twice.
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Ol Jogi is accessed by a 45-minute private charter flight from Nairobi, landing directly at the conservancy’s private airstrip. From arrival, everything is taken care of: the residence is prepared, vehicles are ready, and movement across the conservancy is fully supported.
The Design
The architecture is one of the defining elements of the project. It introduces a form of organic safari design rarely, if ever, seen on the continent: sculptural, landscape-led, and shaped by a desire to create something with soul rather than simply another beautiful building in the bush.
Behind the design is a conscious search for a different language of wilderness living. The forms move away from the familiar straight lines, separate boxes, and repeated formulas of conventional safari architecture, towards spaces that feel more fluid, more elemental, and more deeply connected to the land. Curves, textures, natural materials, and filtered light are used not as decoration, but to create a home that feels rooted in the landscape, warm in atmosphere, and deeply comfortable to inhabit.
The intention is not only visual impact, but feeling. The spaces are designed to be warm, soft, and deeply comfortable — open to the landscape, yet sheltered and intimate within. Nature is brought close, while the owner still feels protected, held, and completely at ease.
The result is a home with atmosphere: creative, grounded, and deeply connected to its setting. It is designed to feel unlike a conventional safari residence — more personal, more immersive, and more alive to the land around it.
The Project
The new lodge is conceived as a highly personal wilderness retreat at the foot of one of Ol Jogi’s granite hills — a setting defined by ancient rock, open views, and the particular stillness that gives this part of the conservancy its character.
At its core, this is a more personal and imaginative expression of safari hospitality: low-density, deeply tailored, and shaped around the same attention to detail for which Ol Jogi is already known. It is designed for guests who want more than conventional luxury — something more creative, more soulful, more connected to the land, and more personal in every detail.
The lodge itself is composed of only six private two-bedroom guest residences, together with a single four-bedroom owner’s residence and a carefully considered collection of shared spaces for dining, wellness, gathering, and retreat. These spaces are intended to support the experience without overwhelming it: elegant, warm, and deeply considered, with service that feels personal rather than performative.
The owner’s residence is positioned to hold its own privacy and views entirely, while remaining connected to the wider lodge whenever desired. It is close enough to draw on the full hospitality experience, yet secluded enough to feel like a world of its own.
Effortless Ownership
A remote private home of this calibre would normally require constant attention: staff, systems, maintenance, suppliers, logistics, security, and the discipline to keep everything operating at the right level. At Ol Jogi, that responsibility is absorbed by an established team already built around high-end hospitality, conservation, and private estate management.
The residence is fully staffed, serviced, and maintained year-round, with the house prepared before each arrival and every detail handled on the owner’s behalf. Housekeeping, laundry, chef support, guiding, vehicles, maintenance, and daily operations are all in place, allowing the owner simply to arrive and settle in.
That ease extends beyond the residence itself. The home’s true garden is Ol Jogi’s 58,000-acre conservancy — a living landscape continuously protected, managed, and cared for by a team with nearly half a century of institutional knowledge. The roads, wildlife, security, conservation work, and wider landscape remain in motion whether the owner is in residence or not.
The result is ownership without the usual burden: a private home that is always ready, within a conservancy that is always being looked after.
Financial Model
The most enduring investments are the ones that hold their value even without a spreadsheet. At Ol Jogi, the financial structure is built with the same care as the place itself.
The model is designed to offset annual costs at a low occupancy threshold, while creating the potential for meaningful owner returns at higher participation levels.
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Residence purchase price: US$23,500,000 excluding FF&E. (Furniture, Fixture & Equipment)
Estimated FF&E: US$800,000–US$1,200,000, depending on owner preferences. -
US$300,000 Conservation Contribution — supporting Ol Jogi’s conservation and environmental work
US$250,000 Operational Fee — covering staffing, maintenance, residence operations, and lodge integration
Annual fees are designed to be offset at approximately 20% occupancy
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Nightly rates of US$3,500 low season — US$4,500 high season per person, per night
Revenue split of 65% owner / 35% operator
Breakeven achieved at approximately 20% occupancy
Projected IRR of approximately 9%, based on 50% occupancy
A full financial model with assumptions and multi-scenario analysis is available upon request.
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The project is currently in its advanced planning phase, with construction progressing in line with final design approvals.
Targeted completion: Q3 2029
Payments structured on a milestone basis tied to construction progress
Full payment schedule detailed in the purchase agreement
Owner Usage & Rental Participation
The owner determines the rhythm of the residence. It may serve primarily as a private family home, participate regularly in the managed rental programme, or move between personal use and rental availability as priorities change over time.
When the residence enters the rental pool, the owner’s private suite remains reserved and is not rented. The rental programme is therefore based on the three guest bedrooms, allowing the owner to preserve a personal space within the home, keep belongings in place, and return without the sense of ever having fully left.
Those who prioritise time at the property retain full freedom to do so; those seeking stronger financial returns simply make more of the calendar available for rental. The balance is yours to set, and yours to adjust at any time.
The Ol Jogi Advantage
Scale, Privacy & Future Protection
Ownership at Ol Jogi sits within a protected landscape, not beside one. That distinction matters. The residence is surrounded by the conservancy itself, giving the owner a level of privacy, visual protection, and long-term control that is difficult to achieve in almost any conventional property setting.
Views, silence, darkness, wildlife movement, and the sense of space are all protected by the scale and management of the conservancy. There is no neighbouring plot waiting to be developed, no risk of intrusive construction immediately next door, and no gradual erosion of the very qualities that made the place valuable in the first instance.
The setting you buy into today is intended to be the setting you return to decades from now: protected, low-density, carefully managed, and still defined by land rather than development.
Proven Track Record
Ol Jogi’s strength lies in the fact that none of this is theoretical. For nearly half a century, the conservancy has been actively protected, managed, and restored to an exceptional standard, with conservation work embedded into its daily operations rather than treated as a background activity.
That same long-term custodianship also extends to hospitality and estate management. The team behind this project has maintained Ol Jogi Home to an exceptional standard and built a tourism model recognised for its privacy, discretion, and highly personalised service. This matters because the ownership experience depends on more than the residence itself; it depends on the ability to care for the land, manage the home, and deliver every detail quietly and consistently over time.
Ol Jogi brings that experience already in place.
A Closer Look
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The purchase provides ownership of a private four-bedroom residence at Ol Jogi, supported by a long-term lease structure, full conservancy access, access to the new lodge facilities, and professional management.
Ownership includes:
A private four-bedroom residence at Ol Jogi
Full access to Ol Jogi Conservancy
Access to the new lodge facilities and services
Long-term 99-year lease commencing 2010, with 83 years remaining
Participation in the managed rental programme when not in personal use
Full integration into Ol Jogi’s staffing, maintenance, hospitality, and operational systems
The structure is designed to combine the substance of private ownership with the full Ol Jogi experience and the ease of professional management.
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The sale price excludes furniture, soft furnishings, linen, crockery, interior accessories, artworks, and other FF&E, allowing the final residence to be shaped with the owner rather than delivered as a fixed developer-selected package.
This gives the owner the opportunity to influence the final character of the home — from furniture and fabrics to artworks, objects, and personal details — while remaining within the wider design language established by the architecture and interior design teams.
This approach gives the owner three clear advantages:
Greater personal influence over the final atmosphere and character of the residence
Avoidance of developer margins on a standardised FF&E package
A coherent design framework led by Life Interior Architects, ensuring the home remains aligned with the wider Ol Jogi aesthetic
The result is a residence that feels personal and considered, while still belonging naturally within the overall architectural and interior vision of the project.
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The project is led by the same team behind Ol Jogi Conservancy — the people who have lived with, protected, and shaped this land for nearly fifty years. That continuity matters. The owner is not relying on an external developer or newly assembled operator, but on the long-term custodians of the land itself.
Through Ol Jogi Home, the team has spent the past thirteen years operating at the highest end of African safari hospitality, building deep relationships with leading international travel agents and a loyal base of repeat high-net-worth guests. This track record demonstrates the team’s ability to deliver privacy, discretion, personalisation, and operational excellence at the level this project requires.
The new lodge is therefore built on a proven foundation: long-term conservation stewardship, established infrastructure, deep knowledge of the land, and a team already experienced in managing every detail of a highly demanding luxury hospitality operation.
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ĀDDED Design — Architecture
ĀDDED Design was founded by Manuel Fernandez — whose career spans more than 15 years at Foster+Partners, a studio lead role at SOM, and a period as Head of Design at Roth Architecture in Mexico. The studio brings a design sensibility that is globally informed, contextually precise, and rooted in the belief that architecture should be felt as much as seen.
Life Interior Architects — Interior Design
Life Interior Architects is a leading international design studio based in South Africa, with a portfolio spanning some of the most acclaimed luxury lodges, resorts, hotels, and residences in the world.
Together, the two studios bring the technical discipline and creative ambition required for a project of this nature, along with a deep sensitivity to landscape and atmosphere.
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Ol Jogi sits within the Laikipia ecosystem, recognised as one of the most important large-mammal landscapes on the planet. The conservancy’s role within that ecosystem goes far beyond land ownership: it operates as a working conservation platform, combining wildlife protection, ecological monitoring, veterinary support, conservation education, habitat management, and long-term community engagement.
This work is practical and daily. Ol Jogi maintains anti-poaching and security teams, supports endangered species protection, operates one of East Africa’s most advanced wildlife veterinary clinics, and hosts close to 20,000 children each year through its conservation education programme. The aim is not only to protect wildlife, but to build a deeper understanding of why this land matters and how it can be protected over generations.
That conservation depth is part of what makes ownership here different. The residence sits within a living, managed ecosystem — one supported by infrastructure, knowledge, people, and continuity built over decades.
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Ol Jogi’s relationship with its surrounding communities runs deep. The conservancy employs around 300 staff — over 70% from local communities — runs an on-site primary school of 230 children, funds secondary and university bursaries annually, operates a free medical dispensary, and has built more than 55 water reservoirs.
Conservation here is the operating model, and community support is part of the same long-term commitment. Ownership at Ol Jogi helps sustain that wider ecosystem of land, wildlife, employment, education, healthcare, and access to water.
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Ol Jogi’s sense of privacy comes from the nature of the conservancy itself: its scale, its limited access, and the care with which the land is managed. Its role in protecting critically endangered species, including black rhino, has shaped a deep operational experience in anti-poaching, wildlife monitoring, and the quiet daily work of keeping the conservancy safe, intact, and undisturbed.
The result is a rare feeling of calm. The landscape remains wild, spacious, and natural, while the systems that protect its wildlife and character continue discreetly in the background.
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Set at approximately 6,000 feet on the Laikipia Plateau, Ol Jogi enjoys comfortable temperatures year-round and is malaria-free, making it well-suited to family life in the bush.
Children can engage with the conservancy in ways that are active, educational, and deeply memorable: tracking wildlife with guides, visiting the rhino orphanage, learning about conservation, watching animals at the watering hole, climbing the granite rocks, and spending long days outdoors in a landscape that feels both wild and protected.
It is also an environment that encourages a different rhythm. Time at Ol Jogi naturally draws children away from screens and back toward curiosity, movement, observation, and connection — to animals, to land, to family, and to themselves. For families, that may be one of the rarest aspects of ownership: a place where comfort and safety coexist with freedom, adventure, and a healthier way of being.
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The long-term value of this opportunity lies in its scarcity. Large-scale private conservancies of Ol Jogi’s quality cannot simply be created again, and ownership opportunities within them are rarer still.
This is not a setting where neighbouring plots can gradually be developed, views compromised, or the character of the place diluted over time. The residence sits within a protected, low-density conservancy whose value is tied to the land around it: its scale, privacy, wildlife, ecological health, and the decades of work that have gone into preserving them.
What makes the opportunity especially rare is the combination. It is not only a private home within an exceptional conservancy; it is a fully managed residence, supported by a proven team, connected to a highly original new hospitality experience, and structured to generate income when not in personal use.
As demand grows for privacy, space, authentic wilderness, and meaningful connection to nature, the number of places capable of offering that complete combination remains extremely limited. That is what gives the opportunity its long-term strength.
In Essence
Some places are beautiful because of what they are. Others become extraordinary through care, time, and commitment. Ol Jogi is both.
This is an opportunity to have a fully managed private home within one of Africa’s most established conservancies — a residence whose true distinction lies in the living world around it.
The house is beautiful, the service seamless, and the financial structure considered. But what makes the offering extraordinary is the scale of what comes with it: 58,000 acres of protected wilderness, exceptional wildlife, deep privacy, and the rare feeling of having Ol Jogi itself as your garden. It is the experience of a private wilderness estate, without the operational burden such a place would normally require.
