Main pictures:Cheetah mum and her four cubs in Samburr National Reserve. Courtesy Jill Cohen
Published: Satmag Nation newspaper 14 Jan 2023
The drive through Kalama Conservancy bordering the more famous Samburu National Reserve shows the ravaging effects over the last five years in Kenya’s northern scape. Save for the vibrant pink of the desert rose the land is dry with the wildlife surviving on the morning dew, the little water in the Ewaso Nyiro river and other adaptations to the arid lands over millennia – like the Beisa oryx, Grevy’s zebra, Reticulated giraffe, gerenuk and Somali ostrich with the males showing off their purple necks and legs. We see them on the drive up to the spectacular Saruni lodge set amidst ravishing rocks and stunning views of the northern mountains like Mount Kenya, the Mathews Range and the sacred Samburu massif shaped like a bread loaf – the iconic Ol Lolokwe.
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