The lodge works closely with community and the peoples of this area in order to preserve these phenomena. Together we aim to improve the standard of living, education, employment and medical facilities in the area, through conservation. A bednight & conservation fee is paid to the Community for every guest that stays at the Lodge. The community, who have set up the lower Tana Delta Trust, has 13,000 members and they are partners in the Lodge.

There is 150,000 acres of conservancy being set aside. This will be owned and managed by the community, with support from the Lodge. There is a community run Lodge on the main Tana River, which Delta Dunes supports, and together with the Community will be setting up a cultural centre for visitors from Delta Dunes to visit and to learn about the fascinating and very different cultures of the Orma and the Pokomo peoples.

The Pokomo people’s lives revolve around the River and its flooding cycles which irrigate their fields and their mango trees.
The Orma are Ethiopian by origin and are traditionally pastoralists moving their beehive shaped dwellings across the flood plains wherever the grazing takes them. It is possible to visit these incredible tribesmen from the Lodge.