Marsabit National Park
The Marsabit National Park is a national park and nature reserve located at Mount Marsabit in northern Kenya,about 560km north of Nairobi in Marsabit district.Marsabit National Reserve covers an area of 1,500 square KM and consists of a forested mountain that rises like an oasis in the middle of the desert wilderness and is the only source of permanent surface water in the region.The mount Marsabit rises sheer from the desert floor to a height of about 1707 m. Marsabit mountain is a national phenomenon.It is also one of the most famous of Kenya safari parks that requires lots of patience to find wildlife in the bushy centre of the park.The scenic beauty is breathtaking; game to view include elephant, Greater and Lesser Kudu, Gerenuk and Grants Gazelle.The Gamo Highlands have been a focus of ethnographic and archaeological research for the past 20 years by a team from University of Florida.The park has since shown remarkable improvements in tourism facilities, staff welfare, wildlife protection, visitor experience and infrastructural development as a result.The park comprises of densely forested mountain and three crater lakes that are the only permanent surface of water in the region and that provide habitat for a variety of birdlife.A remote montane paradise located in the burning wastes of Kenya's rugged northern region, Marsabit National Park skirts the massive extinct volcano known as Mount Marsabit.It was initially established as the Lambwe Valley Game Reserve in 1966 to protect its indigenous population of rare roan antelopes which exist nowhere else in Kenya.
Map photo of Marsabit National Park:
Marsabit National Park Location on Map
[Please refer from Google for more precise info]
How to reach Marsabit National Park:
Reach by Road: The Distance of 560 km north of Nairobi.263 km north of Isiolo. The Park from Nairobi, the reserve is reached via Nanyuki and lsiolo a distance of 620 km. The road is paved up to lsiolo leaving a distance of 270 km of very bad road that is only motorable by 4 wheel-drive vehicles during the dry season.
Hotels in and around the Marsabit National Park:
Excursion: Interesting / Popular Destination around Marsabit National Park:
Prominent Animals found in Marsabit National Park:
There are 400 recorded species including 52 of birds of prey in this park here.
Park Timings of Marsabit National Park:
The Park is open daily from 6.00 am to 7.00 pm.
The Marsabit National Park is a national park and nature reserve located at Mount Marsabit in northern Kenya,about 560km north of Nairobi in Marsabit district.Marsabit National Reserve covers an area of 1,500 square KM and consists of a forested mountain that rises like an oasis in the middle of the desert wilderness and is the only source of permanent surface water in the region.The mount Marsabit rises sheer from the desert floor to a height of about 1707 m. Marsabit mountain is a national phenomenon.It is also one of the most famous of Kenya safari parks that requires lots of patience to find wildlife in the bushy centre of the park.The scenic beauty is breathtaking; game to view include elephant, Greater and Lesser Kudu, Gerenuk and Grants Gazelle.The Gamo Highlands have been a focus of ethnographic and archaeological research for the past 20 years by a team from University of Florida.The park has since shown remarkable improvements in tourism facilities, staff welfare, wildlife protection, visitor experience and infrastructural development as a result.The park comprises of densely forested mountain and three crater lakes that are the only permanent surface of water in the region and that provide habitat for a variety of birdlife.A remote montane paradise located in the burning wastes of Kenya's rugged northern region, Marsabit National Park skirts the massive extinct volcano known as Mount Marsabit.It was initially established as the Lambwe Valley Game Reserve in 1966 to protect its indigenous population of rare roan antelopes which exist nowhere else in Kenya.
Map photo of Marsabit National Park:
Marsabit National Park Location on Map
[Please refer from Google for more precise info]
How to reach Marsabit National Park:
Reach by Road: The Distance of 560 km north of Nairobi.263 km north of Isiolo. The Park from Nairobi, the reserve is reached via Nanyuki and lsiolo a distance of 620 km. The road is paved up to lsiolo leaving a distance of 270 km of very bad road that is only motorable by 4 wheel-drive vehicles during the dry season.
Hotels in and around the Marsabit National Park:
- Joy's Camp
- Kitich Camp
- Sarara Camp
- Ol Malo Lodge
- Desert Rose Lodge
- Sarova Shaba Game Lodge
Excursion: Interesting / Popular Destination around Marsabit National Park:
- Bird life
- Land of Gofs
- Prisrine Forest
- Diverse birdlife
- The greater Kudu
- Realm of raptors
- A dynasty of giants
- Magical Lake paradise
- Last refuge of the huge-tusked bull elephants
Prominent Animals found in Marsabit National Park:
There are 400 recorded species including 52 of birds of prey in this park here.
- Lion
- Hyena
- Buffalo
- Elephants
- Greater Kudu
- Grevy’s zebra
- Kirk’s dik-dik
- Leopard and baboon
- Reticulated giraffe and more.
Park Timings of Marsabit National Park:
The Park is open daily from 6.00 am to 7.00 pm.