Next stop Masai Mara National Reserve of Kenya

Backed by the spectacular Esoit Oloololo ( Siria) escarpment, watered by the Mara River National Reserve and littered with an astonishing amount of wildlife is the world renowned Masai Mara and home of tribe masai people.

It is 1510 sq km of open rolling grassland, the northern extension of the equally famouse Serengeti Plains, form just a fraction of the immense Narok ( managed by Narok county council) and Transmara National Reserves ( manage by Mara Conservancy), all which equally wildlife stuffed.

Although concentration of wild life are typically highest in the swampy area around the escarpment on the reserve's western edge, superior roads draw most visitor to the eastern side. Of the big cats, sandy eyed lions are found in large prides everywhere. And it is uncommon to see them hunting  ( very luckly usually they doing hunt during night time) . Cheetah and leopord less visible, but still fairly common and elephants, buffaloes, Zebras and numerous other grazeers occur in the quantities that boggle the mind.

Breathtaking at any time of year the Masa reaches its pinnacle during the annual wildebeest migration in july and august. I was there this time and just amazing seeing those animals line up and somehow when litterally millions of these ungainly beast move north from Serengeti seeking lusher grass before turning south again around october.

The reserve's fame means that it can get very busy and during the migration there seem to be as many minibuses as animals, and many tend to take off, making new tracks wherever they feel fit. This shouldnt be encouraged. In addition the Mara is also very expensive ( and prices are continuing to rise out of all proportion to inflation).

Now the accomodation in Masai mara. We got bit lucky the deals meant, us to stay in camp which is budget accomodation But because the area camp been renovated so they upgrade us into lodge which was niceeee. The place where we were stayed  is near the Masai people village and close to the national reserves park. Nice and peacefull place indeed.

The activities contains games driving required 4WD and excellence driver also guide. Most cars been accomodated with radio transmitted which will be able to detect and located the animals ( most the drivers sharing the information by sending news trhough the radio transmitted sometime if there's animals we havent seen it yet the driver just speed the car like racing the time becareful hold your breath n you wonder what the heck happening here) It was fun. In our group was  7 people and excellence driver. Game driver starting when u arrived in the area for sunset then morning before sunrise. One day, long driving for migration spent mostly the whole day.  So total what we spent here 4 days 3 nite.

If you want extra and different experience seeing people not only animals. There's masai village people in the area. The Maasai Village between Oloolaimutiek and Sekenani gates welcome tourist, though negotiation admission can be fraught. Price start as high as Ksh 1500 (shilling) per person but you can negotiate if too much and u can get down the price for 1000 shiling or even little less. If you willing to drop this kind of cash for free rein the camera, go ahead, but dont expect a genuine cultural experience ( its true thats why we skipping not going to the village seem just fake).