MASAI MARA RESERVE SAFARI
Encounter this open spaces, wild places and Maasai communities of the famous Masai Mara Reserve in Kenya.
Masai Mara National Reserve was established in 1948 as a small area on the Western side of the Mara River. From that time, the official area (size) of the National Reserve underwent some changes until 1984 when it was set at 1,510 Km2 and covered a large area on both sides of the Mara River.
In the early part of the 20th century, most of the area now within the Masai Mara ecosystem was bush and woodland, rather than the wide open grassy plains we know today. A combination of fires from natural causes and set by hunter-gatherers, as well as a large population of elephants has changed the Mara into its current grassland state. Their propensity for knocking over trees for food, and it shows of strength, affects everything from erosion of soil to mammal and bird diversity. With fewer trees and more grass, greater numbers of large herbivores have streamed into the area with the availability of more suitable food. This is one of the factors that have led to the great wildebeest migration, an annual movement of more than a million wildebeest, zebras, and gazelles from the Serengeti, in Tanzania to the South, to the far Northern reaches of the Mara ecosystem. This migration has been touted as one of the greatest mammalian spectacles on earth and has been declared one of the Seven Wonders of the Natural World.
• Game drives and guided walks in the Masai Mara Reserve
• Authentic cultural encounter with the Maasai
• The great wildebeest migration [July to October]
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