The Masai Mara has very unique wildlife due to the many years of good conservation efforts here. The area offers the best experience of the big cats with the area being the best location to see the leopard in Kenya. Some of the unique wildlife here include: Lions, Cheetah, Elephant, Rhino, African Buffalo, Wildebeest, Giraffe and Zebra.
This National game reserve is the most visited conservation area in Kenya. This is no wonder that is also on the list of the wonders of the world. One of the attractions that make this place marvel is the wildebeest migration that happens every year in the dry season. Animals from the Serengeti move to the Masai Mara to look for greener pastures. The Masai tribe here is another marvel. This group of people is very unique in their ways of life. Their transition from this kind of life is another thing you out to look out for.
The park gets its name from the locals of the area. The work Mara mean ‘spotted’ which generally refers to the flat topped acacia trees, shrubs and bushes that dot the landscape across the reserve. The great migration of the wildebeest here usually happens between July and September and over a million of wildebeests and other animals like Zebras and some cats move to the Masai Mara from the Serengeti National park.
There are several activities that you can enjoy while in the Masai Mara game reserve like the game drives, nature walks cultural experiences, horseback riding, hot air balloon safari and bush meals. A flight from Nairobi to the Masai Mara will last about an hour but you can also access this game reserve by road which is about a 3 hours drive.
Crocodiles in Maasai Mara
There are all over the Nile River and all the fresh water area until the Madagascar area. The Nile crocodile were hunted down almost to extinction in the 1950s. The Nile crocodile are the largest of the 14 species of the crocodiles in the Sub Saharan area. You can see the Nile crocodiles in the Grumeti River in the Grumenti wildlife reserve. This river is highly infested with these crocodiles and since it’s a path for the wildebeests and it’s interesting to see how the wildebeests survive while they cross this river. The female crocodile lays about 20 to 80 eggs and they hatch about 70 to 100 days after mating. The sex of these eggs is determined by the temperature around the egg. Temperatures between 31.7 to 34.5 will result into male crocodiles.
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