The Rhino Charge is a unique and exciting competition that requires bravery and a high level of skill in off-road driving and navigation.

Any donations made are greatly appreciated.

Thank you very much for supporting our team's participation in the Rhino Charge and the conservation work carried out by Rhino Ark.

For more information check out https://rhinocharge.co.ke/ and https://rhinoark.org/

WHAT IS THE RHINO CHARGE

The Rhino Charge is an annual off-road 4x4 competition held in Kenya,

where participants are challenged to visit 13 checkpoints scattered

across approximately 100 km² of rugged terrain within a 10-hour

window. The night before the event, competitors receive a 1:50,000

scale map of the area, the coordinates of the checkpoints, and their

starting position. Each team must plot their route, and the winner

is determined by the team that visits the most checkpoints in the

shortest distance, as measured by GPS.

The event raises funds for the Rhino Ark Kenya Charitable Trust,

an NGO dedicated to conserving and protecting Kenya’s mountain

ecosystems, known as “Water Towers.” The Rhino Charge was first

conceived in 1989 to fund the construction of the Aberdare Electric

Fence. Rhino Ark founder Ken Kuhle, alongside rally enthusiasts Rob

Combes and Brian Haworth, initiated the off-road challenge to support

the newly established Rhino Ark’s conservation projects.

WHAT IS RHINO ARK

Rhino Ark is a charitable trust registered as a Charity in Kenya, UK

(Charity No. 1047083) and USA (with IRC 501 (c) 3 Status). Founded in

1988 the trust responded to the grave crisis facing Kenya’s Black Rhino

population in the Aberdare ecosystem. The Rhino were under severe

threat from rampant poaching for their highly valued horn. Rhino Ark’s

initial aim was to build a fence along sections of the Aberdare National

Park on its Eastern Salient where rhino were being mercilessly poached.

Rhino Ark was formed specifically to assist the Kenya Wildlife Service

(KWS) in building an electric fence along sections of the Aberdare

National Park on its Eastern Salient area which has the highest

concentration of wildlife and borders directly onto farmland. The scope

of the initial project then evolved into a much more ambitious task

of protecting the entire Aberdare Conservation Area with the electric

fence.

Today, Rhino Ark Kenya Charitable Trust is a leading Kenyan

conservation organization that develops and implements practical

solutions to the challenges affecting Kenya’s mountain forests, also

known as water towers and their threatened natural habitats in order

to secure their ecological integrity.

Of electric fences built and maintained

to date

754 KILOMETRES

Maintaining Rhino Ark electric fences

around the clock

172 FENCE ATTENDANTS

Supporting Rhino Ark conservation work

21 VEHICLES

W H Y S U P P O RT T H E

FUNDRAISING EFFORT

ALL FUNDS RAISED PROVIDE VITAL SUPPORT FOR THE FOLLOWING

ACHIEVEMENTS OBTAINED

BY THE RHINO ARK KENYA CHARITABLE TRUST

Protected from human-wildlife conflict

85,000 HOUSEHOLDS

Providing conservation education

184 SCHOOLS

Of protected areas and water catchments

better conserved

570,000 HECTARES

(Mammals and birds) better protected

15 THREATENED SPECIES

Rehabilitation on going

6 FOREST PROJECTS

Established for wildlife

2 CORRIDORS

Total sponsorship raised by Rhino Charge

teams in aid of Rhino Ark’s projects

KES 2,451,705,011 ($ 19,008,601.61)

Total funds raised in aid of Rhino Charge

host communities’ projects

KES 79,113,000 ($ 613,380.28)

FUNDS COLLECTED ARE

POOLED AND USED

ACROSS RHINO ARK’S

CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES.

As a guide the following amounts are useful as

listed below:

• KES 1,000 enables the planting and care for 10

indigenous trees

• KES 2,500 enables the building of one meter of

electric fence

• KES 4,000 enables the maintenance of 50

metres of electric fence for one year

• KES 6,000 is the cost to purchase and provide

one beehive as part of the forest-adjacent

community conservation-based livelihood

programme

• KES 8,000 enables the installation of one

institutional (school) improved cooking stove

• KES 10,000 enables the replanting of 1/4 acre

of forest

• KES 12,000 enables one day of desnaring work

in the forest

• KES 18,000 enables the purchase and

provision of 1 small portable charcoal kiln