Conservation

• Elsa's Kopje maintains a close relationship with the Tharaka people, based near the Southern Boundary of the Park:
  
  • The lodge buys their handcrafts to be sold in its shop
  • Interested guests are brought to their dancing performance for a fee that is paid to them directly.
  • Elsa's Kopje finances the building of a local school through clients' donations and with direct funds coming from the lodge.
  • The lodge buy fresh produce from the farmers on the borders of the park
• Elsa's Kopje employs and trained a number of staff from the local Kanjoo community.
• Rubbish is responsibly disposed of or recycled. For example, glass is separated and given to the East African Women's League, which runs the "Glass for Glasses" project whereby glass is exchanged for eyeglasses for the poor.
• Elsa's Kopje believes in responsible tourism. The lodge consumes a minimum amount of energy, only using energy saving bulbs and trying to limit generator hours to only 10 hours per 24 hour period.
  Any timber used by the camp is either deadwood or taken from renewable sources, and every care is taken to make sure that the lodge's only impact on the reserve is a positive one.