An area of 190 sq km around the lake is fenced in as a national park and has been made a sanctuary for Rothschild giraffes and black rhinos. All bedrooms are chalets with private shower and WC, mosquito net, verandas with panoramic views of the flamingo pink-rimmed lake. Recreation facilities include a swimming pool and sauna There are two campsites, both with running waters and long-drop toilets. The Marsabit National Reserve lies in northern Kenya in a densely forested mountain park, being home two beautiful crater lakes. The park was once famous for it's large tusker elephants but that was before the poachers slaughtered most the large ones.
Elephants are still in abundance along with large herbs of kudu and many birds of prey.
The park has a lodge and camping facilities. The Masai Mara is regarded as the most favorite and is definitely the most popular game reserve in Kenya, having over 140,000 visitors per year. The reserve lies approx 270km west of Nairobi and covers an area of approximately 1,510 sq km, bordering with the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. The landscaped is mostly open Savannah grasslands and acacia shrubland. During the months of July to September one of nature's most dramatic spectacles occurs, the annual migration of over a million wildebeest and zebra, coming from the Serengeti, to cross the Mara River into the Reserve.