Lewa Wildlife Conservancy

Lewa Wildlife Conservancy is home to a wide variety of wildlife including the rare and endangered black rhinos, Grevy's zebras and sitatungas. It also includes the big five (lions, leopards, elephants, rhinos and Cape buffaloes). The forest is home to the black-and-white colobus monkey and a few hippos spend their days in the Lewa swamp. There are plentiful Elephants and Buffalo in the Conservancy. Antelopes include eland, impala, defassa waterbuck and Grant's gazelle.

Lewa holds over 12% of Kenya's eastern black rhinoceros population and the largest single population of Grevy's zebras in the world (approximately 350 individuals). There are currently 44 lions across the Lewa-Borana Landscape. Lewa occasionally hosts a pack of critically endangered wild dogs (also known as the African-painted dog). Depending on the season of the year, Lewa is home to about 400 migratory elephants.

The best time to visit Lewa Wildlife Conservancy for wildlife viewing is in the Dry season from July to September and January to March. Lewa's lodges are closed in April and November because of the rain. The commonly found dark cotton soil in the area turns out to be undeniably challenging to haggle after heavy rainfall. 

There are more than 400 bird species have been recorded in Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, which makes it an amazing birding destination. Being a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Lewa has one of the best bird viewing chances in larger East Africa. Some of the feathered friends in the Lewa are; cormorants, pelicans, grebes, herons, storks, flamingos, ibises, ducks and geese, spoonbills, egrets quails, doves and pigeons, sandpipers, stilts and avocets, bustards, plovers, guinea fowls, and francolins.

Lewa Wildlife Conservancy is a bird watcher's delight the entire year, but Lewa's lodges are closed in April and November because of heavy rainfall. The best time is from December to March when the migrants from Europe and North Africa are present and the park is open. This partly coincides with the Wet season when many species can be seen in breeding plumage as they are nesting. The best time for general wildlife viewing is from July to September and January to March.

The best time to visit Lewa Wildlife Conservancy for wildlife viewing is in the Dry season from July to September and January to March. Lewa's lodges are closed in April and November because of the rain. The commonly found dark cotton soil in the area turns out to be undeniably challenging to haggle after heavy rainfall.