Samburu National Reserve is a very small peaceful national park home to a variety rare special five species in Northern Kenya with a photogenic landscape. It attracts wildlife because of the Ewaso ngiyo River In Kenya that runs through it and the mixture of forest and grassland vegetation. All three big cats, lion, cheetah and leopard, can be found here, as well as elephants, buffalo and hippos. The Ewaso Ngiro River contains large numbers of Nile crocodile.