The sight of thousands of animals crashing through the waters of the Mara River is, for many, what the Great Wildebeest Migration is all about. To get to the fertile ground on the other side they must avoid the jaws of the waiting crocodiles.
The Masai Mara is home to the great migration. Every year, over one million wildebeests cross from the Masai Mara from the Serengeti. This is in Search for greener pastures in the famous Masai Mara in Kenya.
During the months of July to October, there are large herds of the wildebeests and other animals will fight to make their way into the Masai Mara game reserve plains as they run away from the dry Serengeti national park in Tanzania. The wildebeests have to cross the crocodile infested waters of the Mara River which makes this journey a lot more tricky and tedious. The spectacle of how the wildebeests plash this water to cross to the other shore and also survive the crocodiles is really interesting. That’s why the Masai Mara national reserve is the most visited national park in Kenya.
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.
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.
Grant’s gazelles in Masai Mara National Reserve.
This is another species of the Gazelle: Grant’s gazelles . It is most common in the areas of the Northern Tanzania in the Serengeti National Park. It’s also in South Sudan, Ethiopia and the shores of Lake Victoria in Kenya. This gazelle is a very common species despite the fact that these animals have been killed and their habitant destroyed.
The Grant’s gazelles status as an unthreatened species is dependent on protection of the national parks. Examples of such parks include Serengeti and Ngorongoro in Tanzania, and Lake Turkana National Parks in Kenya. Estimates of the population range from 140,000 to 350,000 in the Serengeti Mara conservation area.
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