Shaba National Reserve

Shaba National Reserve is the most remote and least visited of the three northern Kenya reserves along the Ewaso Ng'iro River, together with Samburu and Buffalo Springs. Named after the volcanic Mount Shaba, the reserve has a distinctly wild and untouched character, with dramatic landscapes of lava flows, volcanic cones, and natural hot springs. Covering 239 square kilometres, Shaba was the location for the television series Survivor: Africa and was where Joy Adamson spent her final years studying leopards before her death in 1980. The reserve supports the Samburu Special Five species and offers game viewing in genuine solitude, with vast open views and a rugged frontier atmosphere.