Governors' Mugie House 

Stay on a luxury Kenyan ranch

There’s great wildlife viewing at the private Mugie Conservancy in northern Kenya.

Set on a private conservancy, Governors' Mugie has a myriad of activities for exploring Laikipia's vast open landscapes and endagered species. The property features a luxury main house where guests dine, as well as private stone cottages scattered around the ranch. You’ll often see herds of elephants drinking at the waterhole close to the main house and, if you’re lucky, you might watch leopard and cheetah on your game drive from the airstrip. There’s rarer wildlife to be found too, like the Grevy’s zebra, reticulated giraffe and Jackson’s hartebeest. Wildlife viewing is private and with only four vehicles heading out on game drives each day, your wildlife viewing is quite private. You can track lions with rangers, canoe on the dam, head out with the bloodhounds and their handlers from the anti-poaching unit and learn about the excellent community cattle grazing programme. You can also head out on e-bikes, go on bush walks or head to the new hide to observe game.

Why we love Governors' Mugie House

  • As you are located on a private conservancy, you can explore on foot or by e-bike

  • Guests are encouraged to visit the cattle enclosures, talk to the herdsmen and get involved with activities

  • Head to the Mugie dam for a picnic lunch and a jug of Pimms

  • On the ranch, you can meet the friendly bloodhounds who work in the anti-poaching unit

Laikipia
Governors' Mugie is located on the private 49,000-acre Mugie Conservancy in Laikipia
It is a one-hour light aircraft flight from Nairobi's Wilson Airport to Loisaba Airstrip with Governors' Aviation. Flights from the Mara to Mugie are also available with Governors' Aviation, followed by a 25-minute game drive up to the house.

Rooms

Facilities

  • Restaurants & bars
  • Spas & wellness
  • Sustainability

Everything is farm-to-fork at Mugie and there is an eclectic menu as two of the chefs are Italian-Kenyan and make the most phenomenal pasta.

Relax in the poolside spa where massages use 100% natural products. Soothing treatments are the perfect way to relax between game activities.

Mugie House is a low-impact ranch and prides itself on supporting the local Pokot people with community grazing programmes and funds local schools and health clinics. They proudly protect ecosystems and migration corridors for native wildlife while allowing space for herdsmen to graze their cattle.