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Kenya is a cultural and geographical microcosm and the age-old cradle of
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They exist as total wildlife sanctuaries where human habitation is
prohibited and animals roam wild and free. As a holiday destination, Kenya
is unrivalled; not only for the diversity of her terrain which stretches
from the snow-capped peaks of Mt. Kenya to the silver-blue ribbon of the
Indian Ocean, but also for the extraordinary richness of her flora, fauna,
bird and marine life.
In addition to all these remarkable gifts, it is undoubtedly also the
overwhelming hospitality of the Kenyan people, which leaves a lasting
impression on all those who visit this great country.
In this country of breathtaking vistas, view its vast assemblages of plains
game together with their associated predators. Mara has the largest
population of lions to be found in Kenya. Other animals to be seen here
include Buffalo, Black Rhino, Hippopotamus, Leopard, Cheetah, Common Zebra,
Coke's Hartebeest, White-bearded Gnu, Oribi, Warthog and Thomson's and
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Masai Mara - an extension of Tanzania's Serengeti National Park. This is
serene vast country of breath-taking vistas, a panorama of vast rolling
plains and rounded hills, of intermittent groves of acacia woodlands and
dense thickets of scrub. The Mara River and its tributaries which are
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Budget Camping safaris are available in all the Three East African Countries
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budget. Accommodation is in two-person tents at designated campsites near or
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facilities although these are rustic for example the toilets are commonly
pit (or drop) latrines and bathing is usually in the form of cold showers.
On your Masai Mara safari our bush hideaway in Kenya welcomes you to a
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Bush Camping for those on a shoe-string budget are available at unbeatable
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The Masai Mara is Kenya's greatest wildlife reserve, a large extension of
open plain grasslands, woodlands and smooth hills rich in some of Africa's
most thrilling wildlife. Occupying an area of 320 km² in south-western
Kenya, within the Great Serengeti ecosystem, it's effectively the northern
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The Masai Mara's quantity and variety of wildlife is breathtaking. The
reserve is perhaps most famous for its lions, which are found in large
numbers, and for the annual wildebeest migration, known as the Great
Migration, largely considered one of World's most exceptional natural
phenomena. Many other distinctive African wildlife are to be found in the
Mara, from elephants, antelopes and giraffes to leopards and hyenas.
Hippopotami and crocodiles are found in large groups all along the Mara and
Talek Rivers. There is a reasonable population of the endangered black
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Named for the Maasai people (the traditional inhabitants of the area) and
the Mara River which divides it, the reserve is basically a mammal park, and
although more than 450 bird species inhabit the area, birdwatchers could
remain disappointed, as its much harder to spot one given bird species that,
say, an elephant or, obviously, wildebeest.
And its precisely the large bearded antelope of the acacia savanna and
short-grass plains, known also as gnu, the most numerous inhabitant of the
Masai Mara (as it is of the Serengeti), with an estimated population of
almost 2 million individuals living in the Great Serengeti ecosystem. Around
July of each year, these ungainly social grazers migrate in a vast ensemble
north from the Serengeti plains in search of fresh pasture, and return to
the south around October. This circular, clockwise migratory route, the
Great Wildebeest Migration, is one of the world's greatest natural events.
Each year the promise of rain and fresh grass brings more than 1.3 million
Wildebeest into a single massive herd, which makes a spectacular entrance on
the southern plains of the Mara in a massive, surging column of wildlife.
Numerous other antelope can be found, including Thomson's and Grant's
gazelle, impala, topi and Coke's hartebeest. Large herds of zebra are found
through the reserve. The plains are also home to the distinctive Maasai
giraffe as well as the common giraffe. The Maasai Mara is a major research
centre for the spotted hyena. Additionally, over 450 species of birdlife
have been identified in the park.
The Mara river, the reserve's backbone, traverses north to south heading for
its westbound way unto lake Victoria, through the Tanzanian park. Its
riverbanks (as well as those of the Mara's multiple tributary streams) are
bordered by dense riverine forests where many the reserve's bird species are
to be found. It's here, on the banks of the Mara River, where the migratory
herds of the Great Migration make their mass crossing, that one of the most
dramatic spectacles of nature is consumed. Live and death meet as the
wildebeest, terrorized by the crocodile infested waters and churning
currents yet obliged by their instinct, attempt to cross the river into the
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The entire area of the park is nestled within the enormous Great Rift Valley
that extends from the Mediterranean Sea to South Africa. The terrain of the
reserve is primarily open grassland, with clusters of the distinctive acacia
tree in the south-east region. The western border is the Esoit Oloololo
Escarpment of the Rift Valley, and wildlife tends to be most concentrated
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tourist disruption is minimal. The easternmost border is 224 km from
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Being in the Rift Valley where tectonic and volcanic activities as well
as climatic changes have been very remarkable, the lake underwent
drastic changes during the recent geological ages. About 10,000 years
ago, Nakuru and its two neighbor lakes, Elmenteita and Naivasha (60 km
south of Nakuru), formed a single deep freshwater lake, which however
dried owing to the later desiccation of climate leaving the three
separate lakes as remnants. The present maximum depth is about three
meters, but the lake water level is still quite variable; the whole lake
had been almost dried up several times during the past 50 years due to
unknown reasons.
The lake is a soda-lake with a water PH value of 10.5 and an alkalinity
of 122 meq l-1. Main ions are sodium and bicarbonate-carbonate. The
biota in the lake is very simple as in other saline lakes, consisting of
phytoplankters dominated by blue-green algae and very poor planktonic
and benthic fauna originally lacking fish. However, the lake is highly
eutrophic owing to the vigorous growth of a planktonic blue-green alga,
Spirulina platensis, which supports an immense number of algae grazing
lesser flamingo and an increasing population of the introduced fish,
Sarotherodon alcalicum grahami, though, in the last several years since
1974, the planktonic productivity and the flamingo population decreased
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The lake's catchment area amounts to some 1,800 km2 and is extensively
utilized for agriculture and livestock raising. The city of Nakuru on
the northernmost shore of the lake is a rapidly growing local centre of
industry and
A 500km round trip from the Southern Serengeti to the northern edge of
the Masai Mara National Reserve, the Great Migration is probably
Africa's greatest wildlife spectacle and one of the World's most
exceptional natural phenomena.
The vertiginous immensity of the event is overwhelming, numbers so large
that they are hard to visualize. Migrants include 1,300,000 Wildebeest,
360,000 Thomson's Gazelle, 191,000 Zebra, and 12,000 Eland.
They join the anyway-large resident populations of herbivores, that
feature 95,000 Topi, 76,000 Impala, 46,000 African Buffalo, 26,000
Grant's Gazelle, 14,000 Kongoni, 9,000 Giraffe, 6,000 Warthog, 2,000
Waterbuck, and 2,000 Elephant.
And then, adding pathos and drama to the already extraordinary
spectacle, a hungry constellation of predators -most notably lions and
hyenas- follow the herbivores all along their clockwise migratory route.
Lions and hyenas are not the only meat-eaters, though, as cheetahs,
leopards, wild dogs, and jackals, as well as every scavenger of the
area, wait impatiently for their share of the banquet.
The Great Migration is a relatively recent phenomenon, dating back to
the early 1960s. In the late 19th century a rinderpest epidemic
eliminated over 90% of the wildebeest and cattle in the region. To
prevent a further spreading of the disease, cattle was inoculated by
veterinarians, and the disease soon disappeared from the area. As a
result, the wildebeest population boomed in the 60´s and 70´s, from
260,000 to the 1.4 million individuals that currently inhabit the
Serengeti ecosystem.
The growing herds were thus forced to migrate in their search for water
and grazing grassland, starting the circular migratory route. The first
seasonal treks were probably observed -and documented- in the 60s by Dr.
Grzimek, who first described a definite pattern in the migratory moves.
In spite of the exceptionality and sheer beauty of the event, not
everybody sees it with sympathy. The Maasai, for example, must rear
their livestock in competition with the migrant herbivores, which they
regard as transmitters of diseases and guilty of poisoning the rivers
with their foetal sacs.
If you're planning a photographic safari to anywhere in the Serengeti
ecosystem, make sure you coincide with the wildebeest migration. If your
schedule imposes travelling during the late July - September period,
consider the Masai Mara National Reserve, where most of the wildlife is
to be found. In any case, make the impossible to be in the right place
at the right time for meeting the wildebeest and their co-migrant
companions and foes.
