Samburu, Buffalo Springs and Shaba Game Reserves

Altitude: 2,500 to 4,000 feet above sea level.

Area: 250 square kilometers – All 3.

Airstrips: Samburu

Opened:1985

Activities: Excellent game viewing, Samburu Culture, Scenic beauty.

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120 kilometers north of Mt. Kenya is a combination of 3 amazing game reserves, all bordering each other to form a huge expanse of African bush land that is more representative of “old Africa” than any other place.

All three reserves offer unique vistas of rounded and rugged hills and undulating plains with a mix of wood and grassland with riverine forest and swamp.

This rugged, hostile landscape is noted for all “the big five” and for cheetah. It is also home to animals typical of the drier northern regions such as the fine striped Grevy’s Zebra, reticulated giraffe, the graceful long-necked gerenuk and the Somali ostrich.

The Uaso Nyiro (Red River) flows through the middle of this area providing the source of life in the area. All three lodges and two tented camps are built along the river.