Mwaluganje Elephant Sanctuary Travel Guide: Top Sights in Kenya,

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Mwaluganje Elephant Sanctuary- Travel Tips What to See, How to Plan & Tours: Natural Scenery; Kenya; 5 Reviews

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Suggested Duration: 3 hours

Mwaluganje Elephant Sanctuary is a community-governed conservation area covering roughly 36 km² in Kwale County on Kenya's southern coast, about 45 km southwest of Mombasa. It was established in 1993 to protect elephants and coastal forest remnants, particularly serving as a migration corridor between Shimba Hills National Reserve and the Mwaluganje Forest Reserve. The sanctuary's habitat is highly varied—dry baobab scrubland, moist deciduous and riverine forests, winding watercourses like the Manolo River, cliffs, and hill escarpments. Wildlife includes large elephant herds, other mammals, a strong diversity of bird species (including the crowned eagle), and rare plants such as endangered cycads and indigenous colobus monkeys. The sanctuary is also tied to the local Digo and Duruma communities through sacred sites like Kaya Mtae and through shared stewardship, which helped reduce human-elephant conflict and supports livelihoods via ecotourism, honey, and even paper made from elephant dung.

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Reviews of Mwaluganje

manyi watuka

1
Reviewed: 2022-10-02

Surprisingly, we were promised to see 1000+ elephants at the gate by the warden and after going all round a very rough unmaintained road inside the bush we only came across 1 antelope. Not even a single elephant 🐘 😔😔
Vincent Libosso

5
Reviewed: 2022-06-02

A tropical getaway would be nice now🌴 📍Shimba Hills, Kenya At this place, high above, lies the Mwaluganje Elephant Sanctuary is a conservation area for elephants. It was introduced to create a wildlife corridor for the movement of elephants between Mwaluganje Forest Reserve to the north and Shimba Hills National Reserve to the south. Measuring 60,000 acres, elephants use this migratory passageway to access important foliage areas within their natural domain at different times of the year.
MufsKE

5
Reviewed: 2020-08-19

Amazing views and away from all sorts of technology, a weekend of pure nature and bliss.
Juma Gongo

2
Reviewed: 2018-12-09

An amazing place with breathtaking scenery and out of the world views...problem is the kws maintenance of the place. They have non-existent customer relations, the guard at the gate seemed uninterested with visitors while busy on his phone, no maps for visitors and to have a ranger to take u to sheldrick falls you have to pay them, why pay entrance and parking if you have to pay for a ranger? No rangers outposts, no cellular coverage..services truly are wanting.
Mwabongo Mazulo

5
Reviewed: 2018-03-16

You want a closer look of elephant families from an elevated position or a tour in the park, that's an area to be. It's one that has a National Reserve bordering it. Not much spoken of by many, but it is an area with lush vegetation and beautiful sceneries. You could have a sundowner pick nick with friends and family. Visit please.