SAMBURU
BUFFALO SPRING
AND GAME RESERVE
With 165 square kilometers, the Samburu area is the most accessible
of the North Eastern sanctuaries. Lying within the lands of the
colorful samburu pastoralists, relatives of the famed Maasai,
it contains the rare Grevy Zebra and the shy long-necked Gerenuk.
The latter spends most of its time standing on two legs nibbling
at the upper section of withered thorn trees.
Relief from
the harsh equatorial sun is provided by wide swathe of the Ewaso
Nyiro river which is at its best in the reserve where it is broad,
often sluggish, with a large population of crocodile and hippo.
Elephant roam the nearby hills and scrubland, coming in to drink
the shallow waters of the river where their herds can often be seen.
Over 100 species of colorful birdlife can easily be encountered
in a days viewing.
At the nearby
Buffalo Springs Game Reserve, with its pools and streams of fresh
water, literally thoSDDnds of sand grouse and doves together with
a galaxy of smaller birds can be seen. The name is taken from an
oasis of liquid crystal clear water.
The adjacent
Shaba National Reserve is where the late Joy Adamson wrote her books
on the rehabilitation of a leopard. The reserve's northern border
is marked by the wide sauntering flow of the Ewaso Nyiro on its
way to disappear in the Lorian swamp. This trio is a worthy introduction
indeed to this most colorful part of Kenya.
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