Samburu Game Reserve

Samburu Game Reserve offers what is arguably Kenya’s greatest – and least changed – encounter with the wild Africa of yesteryear. This harsh, savagely beautiful wilderness depends on the steady flow of the Faso Nitro River for its existence; the river waters a wide variety of animal species not found south of the Equator, including the majestic Bias Oryx, the  reticulated giraffe, the thin- striped Gravy’s zebra, and the ‘giraffe-necked’ gerenuk antelope, which stands on its behind legs to feed. Elephant, buffalo, lion and leopard can all be seen along the river, and the 400-plus species of birds are positively spectacular. Together with neighboring Buffalo Springs and Sheba national reserves, Samberg comprises 833 sq km of protected semi-desert land. This is the home of the Samberg tribe, cousins of the Maasai, who share the same nomadic, cattle-herding existence, and even stricter adherence to their age-old rites and customs.

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