Go To Buffalo Springs Game Reserve On Your Kenyan Safari

T here are many options            is the Shaba. The biggest is       available when you choose       Buffalo Springs covering an area   to take a honeymoon in          of over 130 square Kilometres,     Kenya, and one of the most            and was first opened in 1985.      obvious is an adventure safari,       Buffalo and the Samburu should be  and visiting perhaps just one         considered one unit despite the    game reserve or several.              river separating them.                                                                                      Choosing a game reserve for any       To get to Buffalo Springs you can  Kenyan Safari can be difficult        drive on good roads from Nairobi   especially with no experience to      or fly in, and there are daily     fall back on, so this article         flights from Nairobi.              about Buffalo Springs may help                                           you to make your mind up about        Within the game reserve there is   where you want to go.                 a good network of roads easily                                           passable by motor vehicle.         The name Buffalo Springs comes                                           from an oasis which is to be          The main reason for visiting       found on the western edge of the      Buffalo Springs is the fact that   game reserve.                         with the other two reserves they                                         make up one of the most            The main reason for setting up        interesting and unique places in   Buffalo Springs was to protect        Kenya to visit.                    the wildlife on the banks of the                                         River Ewaso Ngiro.                    This is because they are all in                                          the rough north of the country at  Buffalo Springs is one of three       the edge of what was known as the  reserves and the Buffalo and the      Northern Frontier District, and    Samburu are adjacent and only         whilst they are the most remote    separated by river, and the third     and inaccessible of Kenya’s        popular reserves they are the                                            most accessible in the Northern       The Samburu Serena Lodge is        Frontier District. These game         technically not in Buffalo         reserves are about 200 miles          Springs but it can only be         north of Nairobi.                     entered from inside. Buffalo                                             Springs Tented Lodge at the south  The remoteness of Buffalo             bank of the river.                 Springs, Samburu and Shaba means                                         you will see species that are         If you want to stay in Samburu or  rare in Kenya, and almost             Shaba, be warned that you will     impossible to see in other game       need to pay to enter Buffalo       reserves. Included here are           Springs, and the choices are       species like Grevy’s zebra,           between the classical Samburu      reticulated giraffe, and the          Lodge, Larsens a luxury tented     Beisa Oryx.                           camp, Samburu Intrepids Club                                             which is a totally stilted camp.   Apart from the rare species, you      In Shaba there is the Sarova       can expect to see cheetahs,           Shaba Lodge.                       elephant, hippos, leopards, and                                          lion, but no rhino. There are         The great thing about the Buffalo  over 350 species of birds to be       Springs Game reserve area is the   found at Buffalo Springs so it is     lack of tourists, and the unique   a great place for ornithologists.     game viewing. For this reason,                                           plus the fact there are good       If you wish to take an adventure      camps it is highly recommended     safari to Buffalo Springs you         for at least a part of any         should take in the other two game     honeymoon in Kenya.                reserves as part of the Kenyan                                           safari, and there are good camps      For more information on In Kenya   to stay at.                           Safaris go to href="http://www.in-kenyasafari.c      title="http://www.in-kenyasafari.     border-style: solid;               com/pages/Site-Map.html"              border-color: #FFFFFF;             target="_blank">color="#001000"                       border-left: #BAC9FF 1px solid;    size="-2">http://www.in-kenyasafa     border-right: #BAC9FF 1px solid;   ri.com/pages/Site-Map.html     margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom:                                      10px;" valign="top"                                                      align="center">                                                           About the Author: Peter Stewart writes about Caribbean Vacation Spots as well as Worldwide Vacation Spots He also recommends in Kenya Safaris Published At: www.Isnare.com