Maasai Mara National Park

Maasai Mara National Park is one of the famous key African safari sites known for hosting the majestic concentration of wildlife and a home the great wildebeest migration in kenya. This safari destination is under the management of Kenya’s Wildlife Services and the kenya community. It is found in the south western region of kenya sharing the border of Tanzania. It is paramount to note that Maasai Mara is believed to be a continuation of Serengeti National park of Tanzania. The Serengeti National park highly plays a big role in the wildebeest migration wildlife game that is occurs at the Mara River annually. The Maasai Mara has no restricted entrance therefore, there is free entry and free exists for the various intriguing wildlife. Trust me there are no fences to separate Maasai Mara from other wildlife reserves therefore animals always get that free access to this park at any time of the year as they search for the the fresh green pastures and water to quench off their thirty. We are glad to present you with outstanding and reliable information about Maasai Mara National Park; Maasai Mara game reserve The Maasai Mara game reserve was developed in 1948 as a small gazetted wildlife sanctuary covering an area of about 520 square kilometers. In 1961, the park redeveloped enlarging it eastwards to increase on its size. But as time went by it was again enlarged thus causing its size increase to the current area of occupancy that is apparently 1510 square kilometers. From a distance , Maasai Mara National park is a massive endless plain dominated by the open eye catching savannah landscape graced with bushes, dotted with the acacia tree species that favors the survival of many intriguing wildlife densities. While in the East of the Maasai Mara, you have great chances to groove on the sandy Ngama hills which are submerged by thick bushes which is a great home to the beautiful black Rhinos. In the western region, the park’s boundaries is demarcated by the amazing Oloololo Escarpment, in the northern border of the park you groove Musiara Swamp which give a glimpse sight of the amazing wildlife species like the lions, the leopards, elephants, the cheetahs and many others. The Mara Triangle is enclosed by the Mara River which hosts the wildebeest migration event that takes place every year. The Mara Triangle National park is under the management of the trans- Mara County Council which is known as a non-profitable organization whilst the south eastern section is under the management of the Narok county council. Their duty is to protect wildlife plus the anti-fight units and all tourism in the region. The Mara River The Mara River originates from the Napuiyapi Swamp and highlands of Kenya. The Mara and Nyangores River act as water sources for both wildlife animals and human being settling along the Mara routes. These two rivers do come together to form the Mara River which hosts the great wildebeest migration drama due the fact it flows through Serengeti and Maasai Mara national and it ends up in Lake Victoria. Mara River is the paramount water source in Maasai Mara national which supplies water throughout the year to the diversity of the majestic wildlife in the reserve. In the months of July to October in the dry season, the river hosts the year round great migration which is the famous wilderness drama where millions of wildebeests accompanied by the herds of Zebras, Thomas gazelles struggle to cross the Mara river while the predators like lions, crocodiles among others enjoy an easy catch to feast on them during the crossing period. Maasai Mara Conservancies Maasai Mara conservancies hosts about 25% of the wildlife species in Kenya. Tourist spot the majority of the wildlife species outside other reserve grasslands which are owned by private communities and individuals while as others are communally owned and the owners are known as pastoralist which are also called Maasai traditional local people. You find different lands which features the ancient Diasporas hallways. These are found close to the great star attractions in the Maasai Mara reserve. It is important to note there are many Mara conservancies that have now developed to independent level although they have managed to operate under the same conservation unit. While in this one unit, the reserves do sublease the land from the traditional local Maasai landowners. The do end up reinvesting in this land for tourism revenue towards ecosystems. The reserves also do give back part of the profits to the Maasai communities. This simply buys them automatically to get influenced in supporting the conservation for wildlife thus they are involved to be part of sustainable tourism in their areas. In a long run both wildlife species and ecosystems are conserved whilst the Maasai local communities are also directly benefiting from the profits ploughed out of tourism business done in the area. Tourism efforts in this reserves has continuous become a successful story and current there about five wildlife conservancy that have tried to commit to the ingenuity. Enonkishu Conservancy. This is located on the northern foot hill of the greeter Mara ecosystems which goes through the Mara river. You will get an insight to spot massive numbers of giraffes, herds of buffaloes which live close to the boundaries of the river. You will encounter with the pride of impressive numbers of lions that have demarcated their territories with in this conservancy. You will get a chance to views populations of hippos and crocodiles on the shores of the river while leopards will be spotted in the riverine forests plus other rare and endangered species such as the Aardvark, Aardwolf and the Carcacal among others. The conservation has also put focus on the cattle management programs and they are working together with the local communities. Mara Naboisho Conservancy This is a private conservancy that is situated close to Maasai Mara reserve and it is known for the high concentration of wildlife which you will encounter while on a game drive with in the reserve. You will get a chance to encounter with impressive numbers of big cats plus populations of other grazers such as the elephants, the wildebeests, zebras and giraffes among others. The reserves offers to its absolute and plays a big part in protecting and supporting the local community this through OLare Motorogi Conservancy This is a recently protected conservancy that started in 2006, the local community members accepted to shift from their land to allow the wildlife conservation. In this conservancy the local community managed cattle are allowed to graze together with the wildlife animals in this reserve. You will get a chance to observe the wildlife such as the elephants, the big cats, and other predators.channeling a percentage fee paid by the tourists back to the local Maasai communities. Mara north Conservancy This is a non- Profit Company that consists of partnership of about 12 individual camps that was combined to form on conservancy and it comprises of about 788 local Maasai landowners. The conservancy is close to Maasai Mara national park and it one of the destinations with great densities of wildlife. It is harbors the leopard Gorge and it a great place to spot the big cats plus impressive numbers of the endangered wild dogs. Ol Kinyei Conservancy This was the first conservancy where about 8000 acres of community land was preserved for wildlife and human activities where totally burnt on this land. Currently the conservancy is about 17500 acres and it’s a property of the Maasai Community who chose to keep their land for wildlife conservation. This has helped them to increase on their standards of living and enlarges their source of income rather than depending on the cattle. You will get chance to encounter with a pride of about 30 lions, the leopards plus other wildlife and a diversity of bird species. To book or inquire about a safari in Maasai mara park , simply contact us now by sending an email to info@adventtravelcenter.com or call us now on +254-713510387 to speak with the reservations team.

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