Samburu hosts unique species and endemic of wildlife that includes grevy’s zebra, reticulated giraffe, and giraffe necked antelope better known as Gerenuk. It is also an ornithologist paradise/ bird lovers paradise with over 450 species recorded. The reserve is mainly supplied water by Ewaso Nyiro, which is the lifeline of most people in the northern part of Kenya. It offers various accommodation.
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. The park is 165 km² in size and is situated 350 kilometers from Nairobi. It ranges in altitude from 800 to 1230m above sea level. Geographically, it is located in Samburu County.
In the middle of the reserve, the Ewaso Ng’iro flows through doum palm groves and thick riverine forests. 
It provides water, without which the game in this arid region could not survive.
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 Reser
ve is also the home of Kamunyak, a lioness famous for adopting oryx calves.
