Lewa Wildlife Conservancy

Lewa Wildlife Conservancy is one of Africa's most successful conservation stories, a pioneering private wildlife sanctuary on the northern foothills of Mount Kenya. UNESCO-listed as part of the Mount Kenya World Heritage Site, Lewa has been instrumental in saving Kenya's rhino population, growing its numbers from just 15 to over 200 black and white rhinos. Spanning 250 square kilometres of rolling grasslands and open woodland, Lewa supports all of the Big Five and is home to the largest population of Grevy's zebra — the world's most endangered zebra species. The conservancy model here has become a blueprint for community conservation across Africa, with local Maasai and Meru communities directly benefiting from tourism revenue.