How to Get to Buffalo Springs National Reserve

How to Get to Buffalo Springs National Reserve

Buffalo Springs National Reserve is an alternate choice for tourists who desire a discerning and unfettered safari trip in northern Kenya’s bush country, as one of the several hidden landscapes, the National Reserve offers a serene setting where you escape into the vast landscape of remarkable flora and fauna. Buffalo Springs National Reserve is located 355km/220mi north of Nairobi and they are two different ways on how to get to the reserve, which is by air and road transportation.

By road

One way on getting to the reserve is by using road transportation. After landing on to Kenya’s land through Jomo Kenyatta International Airport which is the biggest transport hub, located 15km/9mi southeast of Nairobi, you will have to drive from Nairobi through Nanyuki on a tarmac road to Isiolo town and then continue with the drive for 22 kilometers on murram road to reach this Buffalo Springs National Reserve. The distance from Nairobi to the national Reserve takes roughly four to five hours, usually, at Enclose Africa Safaris we do handle your ground transportation to the reserve upon your arrival at the International Airport. This is always inclusive in your safari tour package and always releases you from all the ground transportation worries thus enjoying the best of your trip.

By air

Tourists who intend to fly to this reserve which might be the easiest and quickest way on getting to the reserve, there are daily scheduled flights to the airstrips in the National Reserve or the neighboring Samburu National Reserve. These domestic flights are usually booked by your tour operator with the two domestic carriers which are Airkenya and Safari link and the scheduled flights are as well inclusive in your safari package. Buffalo Springs Airstrip is used by daily scheduled flights from Nairobi each day linking the reserve to other tourist destinations in Kenya.