Visit Samburu National Reserve, Kenya

The Samburu Reserve stretches stark and rugged toward the Chalbi Desert.

Remote wilderness

The country here is empty and wild, a place of baked brown earth and parched vegetation. The silence is almost eerie and at first you might think this is empty landscape.

Stay for a while, though, and you will find one of Kenya’s most rewarding reserves. Running through Samburu, the Ewaso N’giro River is surrounded by a permanent ribbon of green, with tamarinds, doum palms and acacia provide respite from the sweltering sun.

Wildlife of Samburu

Elephant, buffalo and waterbuck frequent the woodland, impala herds graze under the trees and Grévy's zebra, beisa oryx, reticulated giraffe and gerenuk can all be found. Lion, leopard and cheetah are never far away, while, up above, martial eagles, bateleurs and pygmy falcons patrol the skies.