The Masai Mara has the biggest animal concentration in the East African region due to these events of migration. The park is well endowed with a good population of the big cats and the African big five animals that are highly sought after by the travelers on Safari to the Masai Mara national reserve. There are hippo pools on the rivers and streams here, cheetahs in the plains hunting and the giraffes in the acacia areas of the park.
The Masai Mara National reserve is located in the south western region of Kenya. The Reserve gets its name from the Masai people of the area.
The cultural uniqueness of the Masai is another thing about the Masai Mara that you should look about for. The Masai are nomads and since the gazzetting of this reserve, they have been transforming into other activities. You ought to explore their life and see how they lived their life and how they are living now.
For travelers interested in the great migration of the wildebeests, the best time to visit would be between July to October. You will also have a chance to see some migratory birds if you visit between October and April. December and March are the best warm months for the game viewing.
Birding in Maasai Mara
The Masai Mara National reserve is well endowed and it has a bird count of about 500 species. There are about 47 bird of prey recorded. The world largest bird (ostrich) can also be seen in the Masai Mara National Park. Some of the special birds in this national reserve are: African finfoot, African wood owl, Ayres’s hawk eagle, Purple grenadier, Red-throated tit, Ross’s turaco, Rosy-throated longclaw, Rufous-bellied heron, Cinnamon-breasted bunting, Denham’s bustard, Temminck’s courser, Trilling cisticola, Usambiro barbet, White-bellied go-away bird, Woolly-necked stork, Yellow-mantled widowbird, Giant kingfisher, Grey-crested helmet-shrike, Grey penduline tit, Hildebrandt’s starling, Jackson’s widowbird, Lazy cisticola, Ostrich, Rufous-throated wryneck, Saddle-billed stork, Schalow’s turaco, Secretary bird, Silverbird, Southern ground hornbill, Swahili sparrow, Tabora cisticola and Yellow-throated sandgrouse.
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