In Tsavo, 10 of the world’s last Super Tuskers still walk.

We exist to make sure they keep walking.

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Who We Are

Tsavo Trust is a Kenyan, field-based, not-for-profit conservation organisation working to safeguard biodiversity and empower communities across the 42,000 km² Tsavo Conservation Area. We work as a long-term partner of the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and the Wildlife Research and Training Institute (WRTI), alongside the communities who call this landscape home.

Founded in December 2012 · Headquartered at Ngiluni inside Kamungi Conservancy, on the northern boundary of Tsavo East National Park.

The Impact • 2013 – 2025

98%
Reduction in elephant poaching
54%
Growth in elephant population
129%
Increase in Tusker numbers
82%
Reduction in human-elephant conflict, Kamungi
Corridor Working

Community Conservation • Pillar 02

The corridor is working.

Conservation in Tsavo only holds when the communities who share the land lead it. In Kamungi Conservancy, home to Tsavo Trust, they do. And the wildlife has answered.

Seven years of transect counts (2019–2025) show all seven key species increasing on community land. Zebra are up nineteenfold, impala twelvefold, elephant threefold. Twenty-eight mammal species are now recorded here, including lion, leopard and wild dog.

505
Landowner
Households
73
Employed
Locally
28
Mammal Species
on Community Land

42,000 km²

The Tsavo Conservation Area is Kenya’s largest protected wildlife landscape. Larger than Switzerland, and home to the country’s single biggest elephant population.

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A Holistic Approach to Conservation

A snapshot of Tsavo Trust’s work on the ground, protecting wildlife, supporting communities, and safeguarding Kenya’s iconic Tsavo ecosystem.

How we work

Three Pillars

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Wildlife Conservation

Big Tuskers, anti-poaching, aerial surveillance, sand dams, hirola and black rhino, in support of KWS and WRTI.

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Community Program

02

Community Conservation

Kamungi Conservancy, the 10% Fence Plan, scholarships, climate-smart agriculture, water security and health.

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Partnerships for Tsavo

Working with partners, donors and institutions whose support helps KWS, WRTI and the communities of the TCA. Long-term partnerships are how landscape-scale work gets done.

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Every programme sits inside one of these three pillars. Detailed goals and targets live in our 2023–2027 Strategic Plan.

A culture of conservation,
built one season at a time.

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