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KENYA CAMPING SAFARIS – Masai Mara Safaris
- 03 Days Masai Mara Safari
- Day 01: Nairobi - Masai Mara
- Drive to Masai Mara where you will arrive for an afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight at a campsite.
- Day 02: Masai Mara
- Full day in the Masai Mara and on game viewing. Animals to be seen include; lion, elephant, buffalo, leopard, cheetah, rhino, wildebeest, impala, waterbuck and various species plains game and birds. Overnight at the camp.
- Masai Mara
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The Masai Mara (aka Maasai Mara) is a large park reserve in
south-western Kenya, which is effectively the northern continuation
of the Serengeti National Park game reserve in Tanzania. Named for
the Maasai people (the traditional inhabitants of the area) and the
Mara River which divides it, it is famous for its exceptional
population of game and the annual migration of the wildebeest every
July and August, a migration so immense it is called the Great
Migration.
Geography
With an area of 1510 km˛ the Masai Mara is not the largest game park in Kenya, but it is probably the most famous. 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 here, as the swampy ground means that access to water is always good and tourist disruption is minimal. The easternmost border is 224 km from Nairobi, and hence it is the eastern regions which are most visited by tourists.
Masai Mara Wildlife
The Masai Mara is perhaps most famous for its lions. All other members of the "Big Five" are to be found in the Masai Mara, although the population of black rhinoceros is severely threatened, with a population of only 37 recorded in 2000. Hippopotami are found in large groups in the Masai Mara and Talek Rivers. Cheetah are also to be found, although their numbers are also threatened, chiefly due to tourist disruption of their day-time hunting. As mentioned above, the plains between the Mara river and the Esoit Oloololo Escarpment are probably the best area for game viewing, in particular regarding lion and cheetah.
Like in the Serengeti, the wildebeest are the dominant inhabitant of the Masai Mara, and their numbers are estimated in the millions. Around July of each year these ungainly animals migrate in a vast ensemble north from the Serengeti plains in search of fresh pasture, and return to the south around October. The Great Migration is one of the most impressive natural events worldwide, involving an immensity of hervibores: some 1,300,000 Wildebeest, 360,000 Thomson's Gazelle, and 191,000 Zebra. These numerous migrants are followed along their annual, circular route by a block of hungry predators, most notably lions and hyena.
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 Masai giraffe as well as the common giraffe. The large Roan antelope and the nocturnal bat-eared fox, rarely present elsewhere in Kenya, can be seen within the reserve borders. The Masai Mara is a major research centre for the spotted hyena. Additionally, over 450 species of birdlife have been identified in the park, including vulture, marabou, secretary bird, hornbill, crowned crane, ostrich, long-crested eagle, and pygmy falcon.
- Day 03: Masai Mara - Nairobi
- Early morning game drive. Drive back to Nairobi.
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