The Samburu National Park is located 325kms north of Nairobi in the hot and arid northern region of Kenya and is 165 sq. km in extent. The reserve is placed within the ancestral lands of the Samburu, who are close relatives of the Maasai tribe. Despite being so far flung, the reserve harbours a number of species rarely found anywhere else. Among these are Grevy's zebra, the reticulated giraffe and the beisa oryx, all of which are only found north of the equator.