Samburu National Reserve lies north of Nairobi, adjoining with Buffalo Springs and Shaba National Reserve.
The lifeline of these three sanctuaries, the palm fringed Uaso Nyiro River, attracts vast and varied herds of game, abundant bird life and crocodile infested waters.
Samburu National Reserve has excellent game spots for reticulate giraffe, the unusual Beisa Oryx with its lovely long straight horns, gleaming black and white coat impala, blue legged Somali ostrich, waterbuck, Grant's gazelles, dik dik, duiker, olive baboons, gerenuks, lions, spotted and striped hyenas.