About CWCT and the Olderikesi Conservancy
Cottar History:
Cottars 1920's Camp is the longest established safari outfitting company in Africa. The Company was Registered in British East Africa in the year 1919 by Chas Cottar and operated by his sons, Bud, Mike and Ted, as well as himself, during the 20's, 30's and 40's. The company was then passed to Mike's son Glen and his wife Pat in the 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's and is now run by Glen's son Calvin and his wife Louise, as joint owners in the 90's and 2000's.
Geographic Region:
Olderikesi, Maasai Mara, Kenya (See Aerial Survey Slideshow)
Cottars Wildlife Conservation Trust:
Cottars Wildlife Conservation Trust (C.W.C.T) is a charitable wildlife conservation trust established on 18th September 2006 by deed for the promotion of wildlife and environmental conservation in the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem area of Kenya and Tanzania, in conjunction with the local people. C.W.C.T obtained charitable tax exempt status by the Kenyan government in 2011.
Cottars Conservation Believes:
Cottars believes that the only way to conserve and protect wildlife and wilderness is to give it true and real value. Often times, in conservation efforts, outsiders push their own ideas and beliefs on the local people, who never directly benefit. It has become a bad habit with Eco-tourism that less than 5 % of the profit gets to the people on the ground though Lions kill livestock and elephant eat crops; money is taken away from this invaluable product but almost never given back to the people the process affects. Wildlife needs to directly improve the quality of life for the man living with it. Unless wildlife has real value and pays, there will not be room for it in a developing world.
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Photography by Keith Hellyer and Brent Stirton