The Chyulu Hills in Kenya are home to a very special population of black rhinos that have only recently been "rediscovered".

The project is organised by Richard Bonham and the Maasailand Preservation Trust, working in conjunction with the Kenyan Wildlife Service and with funding from Save the Rhino International to protect the 12-14 rhinos that inhabit the Chyulu Hills.

During your visit you have the opportunity to learn about how:

• the Chyulu black rhinos are the only indigenous rhinos in Kenya to have survived the poaching onslaught of the 1970s. All the other black rhinos in Kenya have been reintroduced from breeding populations elsewhere, or are the offspring of these reintroduced stock.

• how staff at the Chyulu Hills implements an effective monitoring programme to work out how many rhinos there are, their ranges and territories to then make a long-term plan for this important population.

• how the rhino programme is working to protect the rhinos in a rugged terrain of volcanic hills and cones and lava flows covered by dense vegetation by patrolling the rhinos outside the National Park boundaries.

• the rhino programme is working to introduce water to the protected areas to stop the rhinos from leaving in the dry season, which makes them vulnerable to poachers operating in the area.