Lewa Wildlife Conservancy

About Us
Lewa Wildlife Conservancy (Also known as Lewa Downs) is approximately 259.5 kilometers from Nairobi. It is located in Meru County, south of Isiolo town but north of Mt Kenya. Lewa Wildlife Conservancy is the leading private rhino sanctuary in East Africa; Lewa’s rhino population has risen from an initial 15 rhinos to 248 rhinos today. The collaboration between Lewa and neighboring Borana conservancy to merge two separate land areas has created 93000 acres of contiguous rhino rangeland. The expanded landscape is home to a growing rhino population 12% of Kenya’s entire rhino population. The strategic partnership aligns with one of Kenya’s overarching conservation goals: Increasing the black rhino population to 2000 individuals in the next 14 years. The conservancy is home to a wide variety of wildlife including rare and endangered black rhinos, Grevy's zebra, reticulated giraffes and sitatungas. The conservancy has Northern specialty species found exclusively north of the equator; these animals have the ability to thrive in hot and arid areas. Lewa conservancy is one of the few places in Kenya where one can see all five of the Northern specialty species: reticulated giraffe, Somali ostrich, Beisa Oryx, gerenuk and Grevy’s zebra. Lewa Wildlife conservancy has the Big Five, which are Lions, Leopards, Rhinos, Elephants and Cape buffaloes. Other animals found in Lewa include bat eared foxes, caracal, bush babies and various mongooses. With over 450 species, bird life across Lewa-Borana landscape is prolific; some of the most memorable experiences for visitors involve spotting the soaring falcon or reticent ostrich during their safari.