Not only is Illaingarunyoni home to several rare species—such as pangolins, painted dogs, and bat-eared foxes—but it’s also the last natural gateway for 2,200 endangered African savannah elephants to move between Amboseli and the Loita–Maasai Mara ecosystem. This land is critical for elephants. As megaherbivores that eat up to 150 kilograms of forage and drink up to 190 litres of water a day, they need to roam across large distances to survive.