Experience Samburu National Reserve, Kenya

The Gerenuk, Somali Ostrich, Beisa Oryx, Reticulated Giraffe, and Grevy’s Zebra are all present in the Samburu Game Reserve, which is one of the few locations in Kenya where they can be found. It is situated on the banks of the Ewaso Ng’iro River, on the opposite bank of which is Buffalo Springs National Reserve.

The reserve is 165 square kilometers in size and is about 350 kilometers from Nairobi. It is one of the lesser-known destinations, but it is alive with activity. The Ewaso Ng’iro flows through doum palm groves and dense riverine forests in the reserve’s core, providing water that the reserve’s game would not be able to live without. Elsa the Lioness, made famous in the best-selling book and award-winning film Born Free and its sequels, was raised in the Samburu National Reserve, one of two places where conservationists George Adamson and Joy Adamson raised her. Kamunyak (the blessed one), a lioness who adopted six oryx calves between 2002 and 2003, lives there as well. Guests can also have a cultural experience at this reserve by visiting the Samburu people’s ancestral villages, which coexist peacefully with wildlife.