After a few days in Amboseli Park in Kenya, we traveled many hours by land to reach the Maasai Mara. From Wikipedia:
The Maasai Mara National Reserve (also known as Masai Mara and by the locals as The Mara) is a large game reserve in Narok County, Kenya, contiguous with the Serengeti National Park in Mara Region, Tanzania. It is named in honor of the Maasai people (the ancestral inhabitants of the area) and their description of the area when looked at from afar: "Mara," which is Maa (Maasai language) for "spotted," an apt description for the circles of trees, scrub, savanna, and cloud shadows that mark the area. It is globally famous for its exceptional population of lions, leopards and cheetahs, and the annual migration of zebra, Thomson's gazelle, and wildebeest to and from the Serengeti every year from July to October, known as the Great Migration.
Our timing could not have been better since the migration was in full swing and we had the opportunity to witness tens upon tens of thousands of zebra and wildebeest passing by us as they performed their yearly migration ritual. On top of it, we were fortunate to watch lions feasting on that day's kill as well as a host of other wildlife in their natural habitats (in addition to the vultures feasting on all those that weren't strong enough to make the long trek). We even took a trip across the border to Tanzania that afternoon.
The day before, we visited a local Maasai Mara tribe where we participated in their local dances and tried to better understand their very unique culture. We were also invited into one of the huts where they live!
Click here for more photos from day six (the safari) and click here for more photos from day five (the visit to the Maasai tribe).
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