Description

This reserve together with its adjoining counterparts (Shaba & Buffalo Springs Game Reserves), is within the lands of the Samburu tribe, a Maa-speaking pastoralist & nomadic people closely related to the Maasai.  This arid reserve with an eco-system traversed by the grand Uaso-Nyiro River and lying on the northern half of Kenya is rich in wildlife and birds, with rare animal species endemic to the arid north conditions. They include the Grevy zebra, reticulated giraffe, long-necked gerenuk (giraffe antelope), the scimitar-shape horned Beisa oryx and the blue-shanked Somali ostrich. Others include lion, cheetah, the occasional leopard, elephant, buffalo and hippo among others.