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ARAWALE NATIONAL RESERVE:
Arawale national reserve is found in the North Eastern province, in Ganisa district, 5Km from the left ground at the edge of river Tana.
Arawale was gazetted in the year 1973, occupying an area of 533Km2 and the main aim of preserving a scarce antelope species which is found only in this area, the Hirola or hunter’s hantebeest. The landscape in this region is mostly a dry thorn bush savannah.
ARAWALE NATIONAL RESERVE: ACCESS:
Going to Arawale needs a 4-wheel drive, since there are no paths inside nor getting to the reserve. You can access Arawale either from Nairobi or the east.
Leaving Nairobi Northward along the A2, turn right at Thika to the A3. This route goes to Garisa, but before getting to this town, you will turn right to the B8 Southward, leading to Malindi and Mombasa. After a 90Km drive, you will get to a deviation left to the town of Bura, where you will reach after crossing river Tana. There is across road in Bura, where you will go to the right. This route is the B568, which borders the Eastern premise of Arawale before heading for Jjara and the coast.
Arawale is found 250Km North of Mombasa and 130Km North of Malindi. From both of these town, you will drive North on the 138 road, which runs parallel to the coast until turning inland upstream the Tana river. The town of Garsen and the Tana river primate national reserve left behind, get to the right to the path that leads to Masalani and Ijara. You will meet a deviation left that goes northward, after crossing the Tana. This road crosses the reserve before getting to Masabubu town. A different opinion is to go from Masalani to Ijara, where you will use the D568 to the left toward Masaubu and Bura.
Before getting to Masabubu, the path passes near the eastern border of Arawale.
ARAWALE NATIONAL RESERVE: WILDLIFE:
Hunter’s harlebeest or Hirola (Damaliscus hunter) a relatively small antelope with lyre-shaped horns, is the reserve’s outstanding asset. This scarce and shy antelope is very seriously caused danger to.
Its sphere goes up to the Somali border, but there is a very scarce population and sightings are not often. The reserve also gets some elephants, giraffe, grevy’s zebras, lesser kuddu, buffalo, hippos and crocodiles.
BISANADI NATIONAL RESERVE:
Meru national park is flanked to the south and east by a group of reserves and parks that work as a preservation cushion. The land strip was set under protection with two main aims of enabling better movement for Meru wildlife and protecting the park in as far as its being attacked by humans is concerned. One of these reserves is Bisanadi, lying near to Meru downstream Tana river..
The boreder between Meru and Bisanadi marks the traditional limit between the Meru and Boran tribes.
The river was set up in 1979, with an area covering 606Km2 in the eastern territory, in Isiolo district. Bissandi is a stretch of thornbush and arid savannah, which at the ground at the edge of river Tana and other streams, give way to swamps and palm tree forests.
BISANADI NATIONAL RESERVE: ACCESS:
Bisanadi does not have roads and paths, thus accessing the reserve is hard and can only be reached by driving a WD vehicle form nearby Meru national park or from river Tana, at the reserve’s south border. In any case and mostly because of the safety problems in the region, the reserve is not ready for tourism and reaching there is limited. If you want to organize a tour, you will have to request for a written order giving permission at Kenya wildlife services Headquarters in Langata, near Nairobi national park.
Travelling by air is offered through an airstrip in Korbessa.
BONI-DODORI NATIONAL RESERVES:
It is very rare that your journey includes a tour to Boni and Dodori, both of which are found at the northern most corner of Kenyan coast, neighbouring the Somali border. Bad to mention, the conditions there are not safe. The area is invaded in a hostile way by Somali guerrillas and thus the tour is greatly restricted, more so to Boni.
Both Boni and Dodori were gazetted in 1976 and are part of Lamu district, in the coast province.
Dodori extends up to 877Km2, while Boni covers, 1,339Km2.
Boni is situated right near to the Somali border, in the traditional resident place of the Boni hunter tribe, presently reduced to a few hundreds of people. Dodori reserve acquire its name from the river powering in the Indian Ocean at Dodori creek, a breeding place for dugongs.
Dodori produces a variety of vegetation mainly comprising of coastal and riverine forests, mangroves, swampy grasslands and savannah. Thornbush that cannot be penetrated is scattered with gigantic baobabs, far from the rivers and channels. At the Dodori coastal area, waterholes are often visited by gazelles, antelopes and water birds.
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