Since the inception of the conservancy, the over-grazed and degraded land has been rewilded, and a long-dead spring, the Ldarboi spring, has come back to life. The conservancy is now home to large populations of elephant, in addition to rare species such as Grevy’s zebra, gerenuk, reticulated giraffe, greater kudus, elands and klipspringers. Leopards, painted dogs, hyenas (brown and spotted), the common zebra, duikers, impalas, Grant’s gazelles, dik diks are often spotted too. The conservancy is a bird paradise, with rare species such as the grey-headed bush shrike, white crown northern shrike, yellow and red barbet, Eurasian roller encountered here, in addition to hundreds of other interesting species such as buff-crested bustards, Somali ostriches etc.

With its dramatic scenery and unique biome, the Ol Lentille conservancy is one of the wonders of northern Kenya. However, it remains a fragile ecosystem because of the impact of climate change, with increasingly long periods of drought, and from the growing human population pressure on its boundaries.