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Samburu
Game Reserve
The Samburu National Reserve is located on the banks of the Ewaso
Ng'iro river in Kenya; on the other side of the river is the Buffalo
Springs National Reserve in Northern Kenya. It is 165 km² in size
and 350 kilometers from Nairobi. Geographically, it is located in
Samburu District of the Rift Valley Province.
In the middle of the reserve, the Ewaso Ng'iro flows through doum palm
groves and thick riverine forests that provides water without which the
game in the reserve could not survive in the arid country.
The Samburu National Reserve was one of the two areas in which
conservationists George Adamson and Joy Adamson raised Elsa the Lioness
made famous in the best selling book and award winning movie Born Free.
The Samburu National Reserve is also the home of Kamunyak, a lioness famous for adopting oryx calves.
There bed wide variety of animal and bird life seen at Samburu National
Reserve. Several species are considered unique to the region, including
its ts unique dry-country animal life: All three big cats, Lion,
Cheetah and Leopard, can be found here, as well as Elephants, Buffalos
and Hippos.
Other mammals frequently seen in the park include Gerenuk, Grant's
Gazelle, Kirk's Dik-dik, Impala, Waterbuck, Grevy's Zebra, Beisa Oryx
and Reticulated Giraffe. Rhinos are no longer present in the park due
to heavy poaching.
There are over 350 species of bird. These include Somali Ostrich,
Kingfisher, Sunbird, Bee-eater, Marabou Stork, Tawny Eagle, Bateleur,
Guinea fowl and Vultures.
The Uaso Nyiro River contains large numbers of Nile crocodile.
Samburu National Reserve can be entered via the Ngare Mare and Buffalo
Springs gates. Once inside the reserve, there are two mountains
visible: Koitogor and Ololokwe. Samburu National Reserve is very
peaceful and attracts animals because of Uaso Nyiro River (meaning
"brown water" and pronounced U-aa-so-Nyee-ro) that runs through it and
the mixture of acacia, riverine forest, thorn trees and grassland
vegetation. The Uaso Nyiro flows from the Kenyan highlands and empties
into the famous Lorian Swamp. The natural serenity that is evident here
is due to its distance from industries and the inaccessibility of the
reserve for many years.
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