Journal09 March 2026
Whose land this is
The conservancy fee on your invoice is not a donation. It is rent — paid to the family that owns the ground beneath your basket.
Sopa — hello. The Maasai people have lived with the wildlife of this ecosystem for centuries. The conservancy model that makes our flights possible is, at its heart, a land-lease agreement with hundreds of individual Maasai landowners.
When you pay a conservancy fee you are paying rent to a family that owns the ground beneath you.