Masai Mara National Reserve
The Mara is located in southwestern Kenya.
The Mara is an extension of the Serengeti National park of Tanzania, and is cushioned by the Loita Hills in the east,
Itong Hills in the North and Siria escarpment in the west.
Depending whether you are departing by air from Mombasa or Nairobi, you will be flown to the Mara airstrip,
and transferred to your particular lodge.
If you are lucky, there may be other clients on the flight who may select another lodge to stay over at,
a nd you will have the opportunity toview animals near airstrips and also aerial views of their resident lodge when dropping or picking them up.
If you are flying from or to Mombasa, you will also get to see Kilimanjaro's snow peaks, a lovely sight.
The view from you aircraft while flying through the escarpments brings a sense of serenity in our busy lives.
The lush greenery with strips of red murram soil depicts a picturesque view.
If you opted to drive, you can enter the Game Reserve through following gates: Sand River, Musiara, Oloololo, alek, Sekenani.
The best thing the Mara has to offer is the wildebeest migration.
This sensational display starts during the month of July when the wildebeest start moving north from the Serengeti.
There are estimated to be over 1.5 million animals that partake in this migration.
The wildebeests move north in search of the lush vegetation during the long rains.
The wildebeests crossing the Mara river is comical yet sad.
The long rains flood the rivers, and yet the wildebeests senselessly force their way upstream, and thiscauses many deaths and injuries.
But that is natures way of dealing with it all; the wildebeests fresh death bring lions, vultures, jackals and hyenas who complete the food chain part of the migration.
At the start of October, when the Masai Mara National Reserve experiences short rains, the wildebeests return south to the Serengeti.
On the return trip the numbers are significantly less but the birth of new calves during February of the following year make up the numbers, and prepare for another migration and thus the cycle continues.
There are a variety of animals that can be seen at the Masai Mara, including all the big five: leopard, lion, cheetah, rhino, buffalo, hippos, hartebeest, gazelles, topi, antelopes, elephants, zebras and a whole stretch of other game animals.
The Mara is an extension of the Serengeti National park of Tanzania, and is cushioned by the Loita Hills in the east,
Itong Hills in the North and Siria escarpment in the west.
Depending whether you are departing by air from Mombasa or Nairobi, you will be flown to the Mara airstrip,
and transferred to your particular lodge.
If you are lucky, there may be other clients on the flight who may select another lodge to stay over at,
a nd you will have the opportunity toview animals near airstrips and also aerial views of their resident lodge when dropping or picking them up.
If you are flying from or to Mombasa, you will also get to see Kilimanjaro's snow peaks, a lovely sight.
The view from you aircraft while flying through the escarpments brings a sense of serenity in our busy lives.
The lush greenery with strips of red murram soil depicts a picturesque view.
If you opted to drive, you can enter the Game Reserve through following gates: Sand River, Musiara, Oloololo, alek, Sekenani.
The best thing the Mara has to offer is the wildebeest migration.
This sensational display starts during the month of July when the wildebeest start moving north from the Serengeti.
There are estimated to be over 1.5 million animals that partake in this migration.
The wildebeests move north in search of the lush vegetation during the long rains.
The wildebeests crossing the Mara river is comical yet sad.
The long rains flood the rivers, and yet the wildebeests senselessly force their way upstream, and thiscauses many deaths and injuries.
But that is natures way of dealing with it all; the wildebeests fresh death bring lions, vultures, jackals and hyenas who complete the food chain part of the migration.
At the start of October, when the Masai Mara National Reserve experiences short rains, the wildebeests return south to the Serengeti.
On the return trip the numbers are significantly less but the birth of new calves during February of the following year make up the numbers, and prepare for another migration and thus the cycle continues.
There are a variety of animals that can be seen at the Masai Mara, including all the big five: leopard, lion, cheetah, rhino, buffalo, hippos, hartebeest, gazelles, topi, antelopes, elephants, zebras and a whole stretch of other game animals.
