Ecotourism Kenya awarded the low-impact Porini Camps the 2009 Eco-warrior Award in the Accommodation category for“working with communities next to national parks and reserves to create protected wildlife areas”.

This award champions Porini Camps for the formation of wildlife conservancies that provide dispersal areas for Kenyan wildlife. There are now more than 40,000 acres of additional land set aside for wildlife and 500 families are benefiting from the Porini Camps located in the conservancies.