There are many advantages to visiting this private reserve. As it is a private reserve, guests can enjoy special activities such as night game drives, game walks and horseback game rides. The reserve boasts abundant wildlife - over 400 species of birds, lion, elephant, rhino and cheetah to name just a few. The night game drives allow sightings of the elusive leopard and other nocturnal species.

The Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary opened in 1993. Lonrho Africa, the Jane Goodall Institute and Kenya Wildlife Services established a facility to receive and provide sanctuary and housing to an original group of 3 chimps orphaned at a young age by the bush-meat trade. The aim of the champanzee sanctuary project was to set up a colony where chimps could be rintroduced, rehabilitated and taught to fend for themselves in an area similar to their natural living conditions.

Sweetwaters Tented Camp and Ol Pejeta Ranch House are both situated within the reserve.