Marsabit
National Reserve
Marsabit National Reserve covers an area of 1500 sq
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 of water in
the region.
The reserve has three spectacular crater
lakes that provide habitat for a variety of birdlife.
One of the lakes, Lake Paradise, is most scenic and
famous from early films and writings of Martin Johnson
and Vivien de Wattville.
Marsabit reserve is also known because
of large elephants like the famous Ahmed, an elephant
that was provided with a 24 hour protection by a presidential
order. Ahmed, who boasted some of the biggest tusks
ever recorded, died at age 55, and his body was preserved
and is now on display in Nairobi National Museum
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