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Maasai Mara National Park Attractions And Activities

The Richness Of Masai Mara National Park

"With an area of 1500 Km2, the Maasai Mara National Park / reserve is an extension of Serengeti National Park of Northern Tanzania. Masai Mara National Park ecosystem has one of the richest assemblages of wildlife in the world and supports about 237 herbivores per km2 , making it one of the most productive natural terrestrial ecosystems in the world. It maintains the greatest and most spectacular large mammal migration on earth and is the most highly visited tourist area in the East African region. The Masai Mara National Reserve came into being in 1961." The Masai (Maasai) Mara magic is attributed to its panorama. From the vantage of rounded hills, the large expanses grassy plains teaming with herds of animals resemble a canvas painting. The overwhelming population and the rich species presentation makes Mara the best destination for any serious wildlife observer. The migration of wildebeest is the number one tourist attraction in Masai Mara. All the 'Big Five' of Africa: Lion, Elephant, Buffalo, Rhino, and Leopard are represented in Maasai (Masai) Mara. Bird life is exceptional with over 550 species recorded in Masai (Maasai) Mara with large number of raptors and scavengers. The permanent Mara River with its tributaries, the Sand and Talek Rivers, ensures a continuous supply of water making Masai (Maasai) Mara a permanent sanctuary of many animals throughout the year.

The Masai Mara National Park - An Introduction

The Masai Mara national park alias Maasai Mara National Reserve, once described as "Kenya's Jewel never to be lost", is in a class of its own. The best known wildlife sanctuary in the World Maasai (Masai) Mara National Reserve has acquired a high flier status having been named "the seventh wonder of the world". The seventh wonder of the world is the spectacle of the annual wildebeest migration between Maasai (Masai) Mara and Serengeti. See Map for getting to Maasai Mara

Masai Mara National Park Attractions And Activities

Attractions-An Introduction

Tourist or visitor attractions in Maasai Mara National Park comprise of attractions things people see (attractions), items of tourist gaze, what attracts their eyes and things to do (activities) they undertake at the destination.

Attractions

Attractions, also called local, tourist or visitor attractions comprise of the seedos, things to see and things to do. The things to see, attractions, or items of eye appeal and or excits our hearts, that which attracts the attention of our eyes like beautiful scenery, mountains, rivers, sea, ocean, beaches, the culture i.e. events, architecture, wildlife and many more. Culture, a people way of life, what they wear, how they build, their religion and beliefs. The components of culture are history, architecture, religion, dress, beliefs, conservation, literature, music, language, dance songs and singing, taboos and customs, arts and crafts, leisure and recreation, literature food and eating habits, events, ceremonies, governance and politics, social justice, economy.

Activities/ Things To Do

Activities comprise of things to do, what the local people, tourist or visitors do at the destination. This comprise of economic, political, leisure, recreactional, religious activities that take place at the destination. Economic activities comprise all that people do for living. Events comprise of cultural, political and religious events, conferences, meetings, festivals, sports, athletics etc.

Leisure is what people do during their free time- pysical and recreational activities undertaken for relaxation of body and mind like jogging, reading, sporting activities like swimming, fishing, sunbating, canoeing, kayaking, yachting, bird watching, star gazing, diving, sky-diving, skiing, mountain climbing, hiking, trekking, animal tracking, game viewing, roadtrips, rallying, cinema, dancing, music, singing,yoga, karate, football, volleyball.

100 Tourist Or Vistor Attractions In Masai Mara National Park

Over 100 touris attractions are available in Maasai Mara national park. These comprise of more than 30 things to do or activities and over 70 attraction (What people see)- over twenty (20) physical features, more than 95 species of mammals, over 500 birds, reptiles and the rich culture of the local people.

Wildebeest Migration ranks number one among the top 10 attractions in Masai Mara National Park which are:

• Wildebeest migration

  The wildebeest migration spectacle is the never ending milling of over 2.5 million wild animals composed of a about 1.7 million wildebeests, and 800,000 common gazelles and zebras with predators-lions, hyenas, leopards, jackals etc following closely. In this picture add thousands of vultures providing air cover the to migrating animals, the goggling human traffic; the hazardous crossing of crocodile invested Mara and Grumeti rivers and behold your magical wonder of nature.

• Visitor Activities /What to do

  Maasai Mara National Park activities, what to do in Masai Mara, during the day (diurnal) or at night (nocturnal) are what attracts them to Maasai Mara. These includes Game drives, balloon safaris, nature walks, night game drives, cultural tours, mice, sundowners, wining and dining, picnics, bush breakfasts and meals, etc

• Rich Culture of the local people

  Most of the visitors love to interact with the locals and experience their way of live. This is achieved through cultural tours to the local villages of the Maasai.

• Predators In Action

  Most of the visitors would love to see predators hunting their prey

• Physical Features/ Attractions

  Physical attractions comprise of natural immovable features in Masai Mara like hills, escarpments, rivers, plains. Notable among these are:

  • The Western boundary of Maasai (Masai) Mara marked by the Olololo/Sirisia escarpment.
  • A major feature is the Mara River and its tributaries Taleki and Sand Rivers.
  • Large plains including Loita Plains, Burrungat plain, Paradise plain, Possee plain, Central Plains
  • Hills like Loita, Olempito, Ol Tukal, Longwalet, Ngama Hills
  • Sianna Springs
  • Swamps

• Mammals:-

  Over 95 species of mammals including the big five- lion, elephant, buffalo, leopards, rhino. Others include Masai giraffe, thomsons and grants gazelles, wildebeests, baboons, hippos, cheetars, topis, eland, sunis, zebras, duickers, hartebeest, hyena, impalas, fox eared fox, jackals, warthogs, kongoni, bushbuck, dik dik, waterbuck, wild dogs,

• Birdlife:

  Over 550 species recorded including masai ostrich, hammerkops, shoebilled stork, herons, egrets, bitters, ibis, spoonbill, ducks, geese, vultures, eagle, kites, harriers, hawks, falcons, kestrels, quils, francolins, guineafowls, plovers, terns, pegions, doves, parrots, turacos, nightjars, swifts, trogons, kingfishers, bee eaters, hoopoes, rollers, hornbills, swallows, sparrows,

• Culture of the local people

  Unique culture of the masai including their architecture, religion, art craft, dressing

• Beautiful scenery

  The beauty of masai is enhanced by riftvalley escarpments, hills, plains, skies.

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Masai Mara National Park Attractions And Activities

Activities/ Things to do in Masai Mara National Park

What Activities are available for tourists, visitors and locals in Masai Mara?

There numerous activities available for tourists or visitors in Masai Mara. This comprise of economic, political, leisure, recreactional, religious activities that take place at the destination. Economic activities comprise all that people do for living. Events comprise of cultural, political and religious events, conferences, meetings, festivals, sports, athletics etc. Leisure is what people do during their free time- pysical and recreational activities undertaken for relaxation of body and mind like jogging, reading, sporting activities like swimming, fishing, sunbating, canoeing, kayaking, yachting, bird watching, star gazing, diving, sky-diving, skiing, mountain climbing, hiking, trekking, animal tracking, game viewing, roadtrips, rallying, cinema, dancing, music, singing, yoga, karate, football, volleyball.

The Most Famous Attractions

In terms of popularity the most famous of the visitor activities is obviously the wildebeest migration safaris. The most luxurious and prestigious activity in masai mara national park is the Balloon Safaris. Below is a list of 16 popular tourist activities in Masai Mara National Park:

• The Wildebeest Migration Safari

  This involves following or tracking the migration with the sole purpose of witnessing the crossing spectacle. This is not guaranteed as no one is sure when the crossing will take place. It is worthy the effort. But please do not block the migrating animals.

• Game drives:

  Game drives are better undertaken at dawn or at dusk. The morning or dawn game drive offers one a chance to witness the beautiful sunrise. The animals that survived the usually tumultous night are starting the day. Birds are in plenty and the plains are teaming with herbivores.

• Night Game Drives:

  Nightfall ushers in a rare opportunity to experience and explore the African night. The jungles are full of life and on a clear night the skies are equally attractive with millions of twinkling stars. To predators like lions, hyenas and leopards its another opportunity to hunt. To the herbivores its full of uncertainty and danger.

• Balloon Safaris:

  Balloon safaris offers visitors a thrilling opportunity to observe animals as they drift over Masai Mara in hotair balloons. These takes starts at dawn and one completion one is treated to a chamapagne breakfast and given a certificate.

• Bird Watching or bird walks:

  Masai Mara boasts of over 550 species of birds. Bird walks of bird watching safaris are usually led by resident ornithologists or naturalists with wide knowledge of wildlife- plants, birds, animals you are likely encounter.

• Nature Walks:

  Nature walks give visitors an opportunity to observe wildlife- elephants, buffalos, giraffes, gazelles and hippos at close quarters. They follow trails that are less frequented by dangerous predators like lions. They are conducted by armed ranger guides or local morans.

• Camping:

  There are numerous public and private campsites where one can set up the tents. Most of the campsites have basic facilties like toilets, kitchens. Some private campsites feature swimming pools.

• Visiting Maasai homestead/ manyatttas:

  Homestead visits are ideal to guests who wish interract with the local Masai and learn their way of life.

• Cultural dances:

  Most of the lodges do organize cultural dances as part of their evening entertainment. However they are available too in Masai Homesteads.

• Sundowners:

  sundowners in Masai Mara National Park are romantic wining and dining experiences never to be missed. They comprise of decorated tables with sumptous meals and sparkling drinks/ wines set up in scenic bush locations with panoramic views of the setting sun ideal for lovers, couples or honeymooners to enjoy an evening drink as they watch the sunset to the west.

• Bush dinners/ breakfasts:

  Like sundowners these too are romantic bush meals set up in scenic locations and offer an opportunity for guests to watch sunrise or sunsets.

• Horseback safaris:

  they offer opportunities for guests to observe wildlife on a horseback. They too are conducted by ranger guides or local morans.

• Excursions to lake victoria

  Flights to Mfangano island or roadtrip to Mbita and Rusinga Islands

• Day tours to lake Nakuru and lake Naivasha

• Safaris to Serengeti Ngorongoro and Tarangire National Parks

  Visitors can cross the border to Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. Note that crossing is at Isebania border point. Note sand River crossing is not an official border post.

• Cultural Festivals

  The Maa cultural festival and other festivals like Eunoto offer an opportunity for visitors to learn about the Maasai culture

Accommodation In Masai Mara National Park

Where To Stay In Masai Mara?

Accommodation in Maasai Mara National Park comprise of lodges, tented camps and camping:

A major environmental concern in Maasai (Masai) Mara is the proliferation of unplanned development in the adjacent community/ group ranches. Currently there are approximately 108 properties in greater Mara with a bed capacity of 4000. A large proportion of the properties are in the community group ranches. Game lodges, tented camps, private houses and campsites are all found in Mara. Maasai Mara has the largest number of lodges and tented camps in any park of East Africa.

Lodges in Masai Mara National Park

Accommodation in Masai Mara National Park comprise of lodges, tented camps, campsites

Five of the most famous lodges in Masai Mara National Park Lodges are:

• Mara Serena Lodge-Serena Hotels and Lodges
• Mara Olkuruk Lodge
• Mara Sopa Lodge-Sopa Elewana Lodges
• Keekorok Lodge
• Mara Simba Lodge
• Base Camp Maasai Mara
• Mpata Safari Club

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Tented Camps in Maasai (Masai) Mara

These luxury tented camps in Mara offer highest degree of comfort.

Below is a list of top 10 most popular and famous tented camps in Masai Mara National Park

• Mara Sarova Camp - Sarova Hotels
• Kichwa Tembo Tented
• Mara Explorer - Heritage Hotels
• Fig Tree Camp- Mada Hotels
• Olonana Tented Camp-Sanctuary Lodges and Hotels
• Mara Intrepids -Heritage group of Hotels
• Mara Safari Club- Fairmont Hotels
• Governor's Camps -Governor's Hotels & Lodges
• Siana Springs - Heritage Hotels
• Oseur Tented Camp.

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January, February- it is usually dry with the grass cropped short. April-July long rains. Mid-July- September migration

Masai Mara National Reserve Gates

Remember you must enter the reserve through the official gates: These are:

• Olololo Gate
• Sand River Gate
• Sekanani
• Taleki
• Musiara
• Ololaimutieki Gate

NB: Please note the Sand River gate connecting Masai Mara to Northern Serengeti is closed. Anybody wishing to go to serengeti from Masai Mara must prepare for a long drive via Sirare border post. The drive can take 8 hours so an early start is inevitable.

Attractions And Activities In Masai Mara National Park

The Wildebeest Migration In Maasai Mara And Serengeti

Every year, in the months of July August and September, over 1.7 million wildebeests accompanied by about 800,000 gazelles and Zebras migrate from Serengeti into Maasai (Masai) Mara and back. The river crossings are particularly dangerous as large crocodile lie in wait of unsuspecting animals, killing and maiming thousands of them. Besides predation, migrating herds have to contend with flooded rivers and disease outbreaks. The wildebeest mate in Maasai Mara and Calve in Serengeti.

The annual wildebeest migration is not about wildebeests migrating per se but rather its influence on the movement patterns of the other animals including human beings. Picture a never ending milling of over 2.5 million wild animals composed of a about 1.7 million wildebeests, and 800,000 common gazelles and zebras with predators-lions, hyenas, leopards, jackals etc following closely. In this picture add thousands of vultures providing air cover the to migrating animals, the goggling human traffic; the hazardous crossing of crocodile invested Mara and Grumeti rivers and behold your magical wonder of nature.

Where are the Wildebeest? Maasai (Masai) Mara or Serengeti? The Migration Cycle:-

The Masai Mara Wildebeest migration follows a clockwise direction dictated by the rain patterns in the Mara/Serengeti ecosystem. The Migration has been going on for as long as our ancestors can remember and where it started is debatable. The best times to view migration in Serengeti is December to Jul. While in Maasai Mara, the best time is August to November. Between December and March, the herds congregate in Eastern Serengeti Plains where carving takes place. Births accounts for over half a million calves annually. April and May still in Serengeti the calves matures and gets ready for migration. June is the month of crossing Grumeti River along the Northern Corridor towards Maasai Mara. In July/August, the herds cross the Mara River into Maasai (Masai) Mara, where mating takes place. By November the succulent grass in Mara is finished and the migrating herds heads for Serengeti where curving will take place and the entire cycle starts all over again.

The Community Group Ranches

The land surrounding the reserve comprise of community group ranches which serve as dispersal areas for Mara wildlife. The group ranches hold more animals than the park itself. Most of the lodges in Masai Mara are found in these group ranches. The ranches include:

• Kimintet-TransMara
• Oloirien-TransMara
• Kerinkani-TransMara
• Koiyeki-Narok
• Lemeki-Narok
• OlKinyei-Narok
• Sianna-Narok
• Olderkesi-Narok
• OlChoro Oirowua-Narok
• Majimoto-Narok

Budget Camping and Camp sites

Maasai Mara offers good opportunities for camping. The following campsites have permanent tents offering basic accommodation with hot showers and meals at affordable prices. Thes include:

• Acacia Camp
• Simba Camp
• Aruba Camp And Safaris
• Riverside Camp

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