Masai mara photo safaris
Masai mara photo safaris : The Maasai Mara offers unparalleled picture opportunity and top-notch wildlife sightings. This is a result of the Mara’s profusion of wildlife as well as the possibility to travel “off-road” with the right permissions and guides. As a result, wherever the animals are, you are constantly up close and personal with them. Because of this, going on a Maasai Mara Photo Safari is an unforgettable, top-notch experience while on safari to masai mara
The location of masai mara
Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park is bordered to the north by Kenya’s Maasai Mara. It is located in the Great Rift Valley, a fault line that runs 5,600 kilometers from the Red Sea of Ethiopia through Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, and Mozambique. It is distinguished by a broad valley and, off in the distance, a soaring escarpment.
About 1,500 km² make up the Maasai Mara ecosystem, which is part of the larger 25,000 km² Mara-Serengeti ecosystem.
Residences of the Mara
The Maasai Mara is home to a wide variety of habitats, including scrub, non-deciduous thickets, riverine forest, Acacia woodland, wetlands, and boulder-strewn escarpments. The Reserve is roughly trisected by the permanently flowing Mara and Talek Rivers, as well as their tributaries.
The Mara’s Animals
The Maasai Mara is renowned for the high density of huge herbivores and the predators that coexist there. The world-famous yearly migration of about 200,000 Plains Zebras and two million Wildebeest typically takes place between July and October. The world’s seven natural wonders includes the magnificent yearly migration.
The Mara ecosystem is home to about 2.5 million large herbivores as well as lesser species; according to UNESCO, Mara is home to the greatest number of savannah species worldwide. More than 60,000 topi, 62,000 buffalo, 64,000 impala, 7,000 giraffe, 3,000 eland, and 4,000 gazelles are found there. Large populations of African hunting dogs, lions, spotted hyenas, cheetahs, and leopards can be found, in addition to endangered black rhinoceroses. Additionally, the number of antelope, hippos, and warthogs is enormous.
The Mara is home to around 500 bird species, 53 of which are predatory birds.
What is the origin of the Mara’s name?
The Masai people, the land’s original occupants, are honored with the name of the Maasai Mara wildlife reserve. The many small, bushy trees that strewn throughout the terrain have earned the Maasai word “mara,” which means “spotted” in their native tongue.
Would you like to go to the Mara?
To begin your journey on a Maasai Mara Photo Safari, see my Safari website for additional details.
