Wildlife Safari
Looking for the ultimate wildlife safari? Then look no further than the North Eastern and Eastern Kenya. To the North is Marsabit small town located on an isolated million year old extinct volcano in the vast northern desert. Here you will find the 2,090 km² Marsabit National Park and Reserve and diverse cultures of the Rendille, Boran and Gabra.

As you head further North you will find the most scenic crater lake aptly called, Lake Paradise. This lake was made famous in the early films and writings of Martin Johnson and Vivien de Wattville and is one of the three lakes that are home to a wide array of birdlife.

In the 1,500 sq km Marsabit National Reserve you catch sight of the grevy’s zebra, reticulated giraffe, the greater kudu, a large antelope with distinctive curved horns and oryx not forgetting large herds of elephant. This reserve was once home to Ahmed of whom it is told that due to his massive tusks, Ahmed became a target for poachers. In 1970 he was declared a protected animal by the state and was placed under 24 hour guard until his death at the age of 55. He is preserved at the Nairobi National Museum.

The Shaba National Reserve is home to elephants, lions, cheetahs, grevy’s zebras, giraffes, gerenuks, buffalos, oryx, grants gazelles, dikdiks and waterbucks. This was also where the renowned Born Free author Joy Adamson spent her final years. shaba was subject of her final book Queen of Sheba. The reserve was also put on the world map when it served as the location of the hit Us reality series survivor in 2001 making it the first African destination to be featured on survivor.

Named after an oasis of limpid crystal clear water at the western end of the sanctuary, you will find the unpredictable kori bustard at the Buffalo Springs National Reserve. you are also likely to spot the somali ostrich, which is distinguished from the Maasai ostrich by its indigo legs and neck.

To the East you will find five national reserves Arawale, Tana River Primate, Boni, Dodori, and the shimba Hills and one national park Arabuko sokoke all part of the Eastern National Reserve.

Arawale National Reserve a 553sq km bushland was created in 1973 to protect the rare hunter’s antelope sometimes called the hunter’s hartebeest a species only found north of the Tana River and as far up as the Border of somalia. The reserve can only be accessed through four
wheel drive vehicles.

The small Tana River Primate National Reserve protects two primate species, the red colobus and the crested mangabey. Here you will also find the oryx, buffalo, lesser kudu, Maasai and reticulated giraffe and the common and grevy’s zebra. The Tana River is also abundant with spectacular water birds and crocodiles and hippos.

At the Dodori National Reserve, named after a river which enters the Indian ocean at Dodori Creek, feast your eyes on the rare Dugong. Boni National Reserve borders somalia and covers an area of 1339 sq km. The two reserves have an undeveloped road system. The four reserves are in areas where bandit activity is possible and local advice from your tour operator and from the Kenya Police should be taken before a visit is planned.