Lewa wildlife conservancy is a wildlife sanctuary that spans more than 62,000 acres (250 km2) in northern Kenya and includes the Ngare Ndare Forest. Numerous species of animals may be found in the Conservancy, including as Grevy's zebras, sitatungas, and the uncommon and endangered black rhino.

The big five—lions, leopards, elephants, rhinos, and Cape buffaloes—are also included. Lewa is home to the world's biggest single population of Grevy's zebras (around 350 individuals) and more than 12% of Kenya's eastern black rhino population.

The Northern Rangelands Trust, an inventive collaboration with many northern towns that have donated property for animal conservation, is also housed under the Conservancy.

Lewa has its own educational program that aids in the growth of both students and schools. The Lewa Wildlife Conservancy is situated in Meru County, north of Mount Kenya and south of Isiolo town.

Wildlife

Relatively adjacent to the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy are historically unstable regions of northern Kenya where illicit guns, poaching, and banditry were common. Although there is always a threat to Lewa's wildlife, especially its rhinos, things have become better recently due to increased security in northern Kenya and better ties with its neighbours. Given their vulnerable status, ongoing pressure, and the recent incidence of rhino poaching elsewhere in the nation, the rhinoceros population has to be continuously monitored and protected.

An incredibly efficient security system is necessary to ensure a high degree of safety for both the humans and the animals, particularly the endangered species, on Lewa animals Conservancy. A tracker dog team, an armed and unarmed ranger force with extensive training and motivation, and a dependable communications network with the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), local government organisations, community conservancies connected to the Northern Rangelands

Trust, as well as private wildlife conservation projects and conservancies in the region, are all part of Lewa's security operation. The perimeter electric game fence is maintained and aerial monitoring is conducted on a regular basis.

Lewa is regularly asked to provide help and follow-up for situations like poaching, cattle rustling, robbery, and banditry by neighbouring villages and other groups. Only two rhinos have been killed by poachers on the Conservancy as a result of Lewa's internal security measures; Ntoiye and Tana were shot on December 26, 2009, and Tana lived until March 5, 2010. In 2014, Lewa was the only Kenyan wildlife refuge where no rhinos were killed by poachers. After significant rhino poaching incidents, Lewa's anti-poaching teams were sent to neighbouring rhino sanctuaries, where they successfully decreased rhino poaching.In 2015, Prince William presented the Tusk Wildlife Ranger Award to Edward Ndiritu, who worked in Lewa as the head of the Northern Rangeland Trust and the Anti-Poaching Unit.

Activities

• Game drives.
• Admiration for the local fauna.