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Statistiche del percorso

Distanza
30,55 km
Dislivello positivo
277 m
Difficoltà tecnica
Facile
Dislivello negativo
277 m
Altitudine massima
970 m
TrailRank 
37
Altitudine minima
848 m
Tipo di percorso
Anello
Tempo
4 ore 47 minuti
Coordinate
5193
Caricato
22 agosto 2013
Registrato
agosto 2013
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vicino a Samburu, KE.02 (Kenya)

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Game drive in Samburu National Reserve

Samburu National Reserve is one of the lesser-known national parks in Kenya, but is nevertheless teeming with life. Situated alongside the Ewaso Nyiro River, there is plenty to attract wildlife from the surrounding savannah plains.

The dry season starts in late May, and goes up to early October when a large concentration of wildlife is found in the reserve due to availability of lush vegetation along the Ewaso Nyiro River, the main source of water to the Reserve and the nearby communities.

The reserve is rich in wildlife with an abundance of rare northern specialist species such as the Grevy’s zebra, Somali ostrich, reticulated giraffe, gerenuk and the beisa oryx (also referred to as Samburu Special Five).

The reserve is also popular with a minimum of 900 elephants. Large predators such as the lion, leopard and cheetah are an important attraction (Kamunyak the miracle lioness that adopted the baby oryx was a resident in the reserve).

Wild dog sightings are also a common attraction to thisunique protected area. Birdlife is abundant with over 450
species recorded. Birds of the arid northern bush country are augmented by a number of riverine forest species.

The Lesser Kestrel and the Taita Falcon are species of global conservation concern and they both utilise the reserve. Five species categorized as vulnerable have also been recorded in the reserve.

These are the African darter, great egret, white-headed vulture, martial eagle and the yellowbilled ox-pecker. The critically
endangered pancake tortoise (malacochersus tornieri) is also found in the reserve.

Climatic conditions - Arid and semi-arid with hot days and cool nights. Annual mean temperature between 18º C and 30ºC. Annual mean rainfall is 345 mm with peaks in November and April.

Wildlife - Rich in game with many rare species. Game includes Grevy’s zebra, Somali ostrich, reticulated giraffe, gerenuk, beisa oryx, elephants, lion, leopard, cheetah, wild dogs and over 450 species of birds.

More details you can find at:
http://www.samburucouncil.com/reserves.htm

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