This Samburu Special Five animals guide is for travelers who have already done the Masai Mara. You watched a wildebeest crossing and ticked off lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo, and rhino. You might think you have seen what Kenya has to offer. You haven’t. Head north to Samburu National Reserve and you will meet five animals […]
The first time a guide pointed out a Grevy’s zebra next to a common plains zebra, I understood why Samburu gets its own category of wildlife fame. The stripes are narrower, the ears rounder, the whole animal built differently. It stood there in the morning light like it belonged on a different continent, not four […]
The first time I watched a Grevy’s zebra step out of the acacia scrub near the Ewaso Ng’iro river, I almost missed it. It stood alone, ears swiveling, closer to a wild donkey in build than the striped horses I’d pictured. That’s the thing about this animal. It doesn’t gather in big showy herds like […]
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