The more than one decade old Il Ngwesi group ranch has been driven by a vision to integrate community development & sustainable environmental management.  The core ideal is to use environment as a means to improve the livelihood of the people through eco-friendly activities that conserve wildlife & its habitat & uphold the Maasai culture.

This drive led the community to set aside 80% of its land for conservation activities in which a superb up market eco-lodge was set up on a rocky outcrop. The lodge hosted its first guests in December 1996. This was realized with the kind assistance of Lewa Wildlife Conservancy and USAID which funded the construction through Kenya Wildlife Service. The eco lodge built on a local design is constructed from local materials & is solar powered.

The income from the venture supports community projects of education, water, health infrastructure, environmental conservation & preservation of culture which are directed at achieving our mission of improving livelihoods of our community members.