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Samburu National Reserve

Photo: David Hewitt, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0

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Samburu National Reserve

Samburu County, northern Kenya

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A rugged, hot, arid reserve along the Ewaso Ng’iro River, home to the “Samburu Special Five”: Grevy’s zebra, reticulated giraffe, Beisa oryx, gerenuk and Somali ostrich. Fewer visitors than the southern parks, a strong leopard sighting record, and Samburu community conservancies all around it.

Right now: Green season — typically driest Feb.
Country: Kenya
District: Samburu County, northern Kenya
Category: nature · Premium
Location: Samburu County, northern Kenya, Kenya — open in maps ↗ (needs signal)

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Samburu National Reserve — photograph 2 — Weldon Kennedy from London, UK, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

Samburu National Reserve — photograph 3 — Donna Brown, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

Samburu National Reserve — photograph 4 — ninara, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

Samburu National Reserve — photograph 5 — ninara, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

Samburu National Reserve — photograph 6 — Weldon Kennedy from London, UK, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

Samburu National Reserve — photograph 7 — ninara, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

Samburu National Reserve — photograph 8 — ninara, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

Samburu National Reserve — photograph 9 — Weldon Kennedy from London, UK, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

Samburu National Reserve — photograph 10 — Weldon Kennedy from London, UK, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

Samburu National Reserve — photograph 11 — Gil DAIX, via Pexels

Samburu National Reserve — photograph 12 — Gil DAIX, via Pexels

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