The Buffalo Springs National Reserve is part of the wider Samburu ecosystem that also includes the Shaba National Reserve and the Samburu Game Reserve. The three reserves that are separated by the Ewaso Ngi’ro River form a very popular tourist destination because of the diverse wildlife population they support. With so much open protected land available, wildlife traverse freely between the three reserves. Unlike other wildlife areas in Kenya’s northern tourist circuit, the reserves sustain free ranging wildlife species both within the three reserves as well as well as far into the community lands.
Buffalo Springs is an alternate choice for guests who desire a discerning and unfettered safari in northern Kenya’s bush country. Besides the Big 5 and other normal species found in elsewhere in Kenya, the area is a natural home to the five rare species known as the five northern species which are endemic to this area. They are Grevy’s Zebra, reticulated giraffe, Beisa Orxy, Somali Ostrich and the gerenuk. All these rare species can only be found inside this game reserve. For bird lovers, the reserve is home to 450 species of birds including the globally endangered lesser kestrels and Taita falcons, great egretys, martial eagles, African darters and yellow-billed ox-peckers.
