| Southern Kenya Safaris-Masai Mara & beyond | | | | enough, they opened up the woodlands along the |
| South of Nairobi, along the southern border of Kenya, | | | | Tanzanian border into the Masai mara. Grazing animals |
| lies some of the most amazing and majestic land in | | | | were lured there by the new elephant-created |
| the world. It includes Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa's most | | | | grasslands. Predators followed. The result: millions of |
| famous mountain, the southern end of the rift valley, | | | | animals protected and drawing tourists, especially |
| and three major wildlife reserves: Tsavo National Park: | | | | during the great wildebeest Migration in the Masai mara |
| Amboseli National Park, and the Masai Mara game | | | | Kenya and Serengeti in Tanzania. |
| reserve, which is part of the world-renowned | | | | Masai Mara Tour Attractions |
| Serengeti ecosystem. | | | | Between the Masai Mara and Amboseli lies the |
| Masai Mara National Reserve | | | | southern end of the rift valley with a moonscape |
| The Masai mara Kenya reserve is 1510 km squared of | | | | beauty of lave rock, arid undulating plains, and the |
| incredible open vistas and verdant riverine forests | | | | frothy pink of lake magadi and its Tanzanian cousin |
| following the looping bends of the Mara and Talek | | | | Lake Natron. Both are rich soda lakes and home to |
| Rivers. It is bounded on the south by the Tanzanian | | | | interesting birdlife, including flamingo. Lake Magadi is |
| border and is the Kenyan extension of the Serengeti | | | | second in world production of sodium sesqui |
| National Park in Tanzania. Ranging in height from 1500 | | | | carbonate, or trona. From the lake, it is possible to |
| to 2170meters, the Mara also has some spectacular | | | | cross the Rift. |
| outcrops and ridge tops. | | | | Masai mara safari Kenya |
| The never-ending views across grasslands are | | | | However, it takes a four-wheel drive to mount the |
| wonderful, and from Masai Mara Kenya ridges and | | | | extremely rough dirt tracks of the Nguruman |
| escarpments you see range after range of distant | | | | Escarpment, which forms the rift's western wall. Since |
| mountains. Looking down on the grasslands marked by | | | | maps are sketchy and the bush tracks are often very |
| thickets and clumps of tree, the land seems spotted or | | | | faint, it is wise to include an experienced guide in your |
| dappled, which is Masai Mara in maa, the Masai | | | | safari group. Through the changing bush and forests, it |
| language. | | | | is possible to reach fantastic viewpoints with the Loita |
| Masai mara wildlife | | | | Hills, then the Masai Mara, beyond. |
| The quantity and variety of wildlife in the Masai Mara is | | | | All this is Masai people land which literally stretches |
| unequalled in Kenya. This is partly due to increased | | | | from Tanzania through the southern regions of Nairobi |
| human usage of the Masai mara grasslands around | | | | stretching North Eastwards to the Masai Mara. The |
| the reserve. Beginning in 1949, these human pressures | | | | large savannah expanse in these areas and the |
| gradually encouraged the animals to find their way into | | | | bountiful animals makes the region one of the most |
| the Masai Mara. Another reason for this movement of | | | | visited in the east African region. All the big five can be |
| animals was the natural increase in elephants in the | | | | found here and in plenty. It's always a guarantee to |
| scrub thickets to the south of the Masai mara | | | | see a lion, elephant, cheetah, buffalos and possibly the |
| By about 1950, when elephant herds became large | | | | shy rhino. |