Lewa House
Lewa House is a magnificent villa built on a hill overlooking the vast plains of Lewa Downs. Under the beautifully crafted sanje (thatch) roofs, Lewa House has been designed for a life of utmost comfort. The living room encompasses a large sitting area around a warm fireplace, and an ample dining area. Decorated in rustic wood, inviting designer furniture and African art, the house provides a perfect retreat after days filled with exhilarating activities.
A short walk away from the living area are three cottages. Well spaced in the African style garden, each cottage has a double and twin bedroom. The rooms have wonderful views and each double room has a fireplace. Cottages have a private verandah where guests can sit to contemplate the stars before retiring at night. A large swimming pool overlooking the waterhole is also yours to enjoy at Lewa House.
After an exciting day exploring Lewa, you can relax and enjoy the delicious meals designed by our award winning chef. The lavish meals at Lewa House are based on creative recipes combining the best of international cuisine with local produce, much from our organic gardens.
Lewa House offers the ultimate safari experience for those who want adventure and luxury.
Games Drives – A team of fully-qualified driver guides are on hand for vehicle safaris across the conservancy. The specially adapted open vehicles allow for excellent viewing but it is the richness of the game that our guests talk about. All the main safari predators, the rare Grevy zebra and of course the threatened rhino can be viewed in abundance. A particular favourite and well recognised aspect of the area near the lodge are the good elephant numbers and at least weekly sightings of the illusive wild dogs. The game drives are on your terms using our experience and are not limited to daylight hours. We often explore the conservancy by night using spotlight and the full moon when it obliges.
Game walks in the company of guides and trackers with a broad local knowledge of the area
Horse riding – With everything from ponies up, they are able to cater for a wide range of experience levels and have become very accustomed to accommodating groups of mixed ability. They offer extensive exploration on horseback and it is one of the very popular ways to investigate and safari through the open lands to the east of the lodge.
Camel rides
Visits to community projects – such as schools, women’s groups, healthcare and water projects, in neighbouring areas
Scenic swimming pool overlooking the waterhole
Lewa House is fully owned by the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, which means that all proceeds generated are directly reinvested into wildlife conservation and local community development programs.
The Lewa Wildlife Conservancy aims to work as a catalyst for the conservation of wildlife and its habitat through the protection and management of species, the initiation and support of community conservation and development programmes, and the education of neighbouring communities in the value of wildlife. One of Lewa’s fundamental objectives is to conserve threatened species within its area of operation by providing protected habitat for these species under pressure.
Lewa is actively involved in promoting conservation both within its boundaries and in the ecologically important community-owned areas to its north. Lewa has been instrumental in the creation of community conservation areas in the contiguous and northern regions to the Conservancy which have helped increase the amount of land under conservation management in northern Kenya to over 3,000 square kilometres since the mid 1990s. Lewa’s work is creating a sustainable ecosystem approach to conservation through the protection of large areas of land, allowing for the continued migration of wildlife throughout their natural range. The establishment of community conservation areas has increased the protection afforded not only to wildlife but also to people and livestock, a benefit that is paramount to these nomadic pastoralist communities in northern Kenya.
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