Malka Mari National Park of Kenya was designated in 1989 along the Daua river in Kenya’s eastern province on the Kenya-Ethiopia border near Mandera town in Mandera district. Malka Mari National Park in Kenya is approximately 1,500 square kilometers (370,000 acres) in size. Malka Mari National Park-Kenya is a semi-arid bushland and scrubby grassland with riparian woodland and along Daua River.
The Daua river is in the extreme north-eastern part of the country on the Mandera plateau. The climate in Malka Mari National Park-Kenya is hot and dry, implying that the scrubby and semi-arid grassland is dominant in the park. The Daua River is surrounded by palms and riparian woodland. Malka Mari is a IUCN Category II park.