Located on the banks of the Ewaso Ngiro river, this reserve is one of the lesser visited national parks in Kenya. It is situated about 350 kms north of Nairobi and the long distance keeps most of the regular safari tourists away. This was one of the two areas where conservationists Joy and George Adamson raised Elsa the lioness who was portrayed in the book and the movie, Born Free. The other famous character from this reserve is Kamunyak, a lioness who adopted oryx calves. The park is very dry and dusty and the elephants cover themselves with the red sand. This gives them an overall red appearance leading to them being termed ‘Red elephants’ of Samburu. The park gives the best opportunity to view Elephants, Gerenuks, Reticulated giraffes, and Dik-diks as these are found in plenty within the park. It is a unique park with many animals not seen in other parks and also less tourists!
