Among other attractions in this area of Kenya you can visit the
Samburu National Reserve and countless conservation areas dedicated to the increasingly necessary protection of endangered species. Among these, the most famous is
the Sanctuary of the elephants of Reteti .
The Surani, close cousins of the Maasai, are a semi-nomadic local population dedicated to pastoralism and believe that on the top of Mount Ololokwe resides a divinity to whom prayers and propitiatory sacrifices are often addressed.