What Is The Most Visited National Park In Kenya? Maasai Mara National park is considered the most visited visited game park in Kenya because of the great wildebeest migration, which always takes place between months of July to August. Maasai Mara national park is located within the Southwestern region of the country covering a total surface area of about 1,510 square kilometers and it shares boarders with other countries like Tanzania. This national park was first gazette as a wildlife sanctuary in 1948 and later it was established as a national park in 1961. More so, in 1995, the transmural country was put up within the western part of the reserve and it is noticed that it shares control with the existing Narok county council and later in May 2001, the not-for-profit Mara Conservancy took over the major role to manage the Mara Triangle. In addition, the word Maasai came from the Maasai tribe.
However, the commonly and famously known events that take place in this national park is the great migrations and more especially the rivers that cross where the migrating species are always concentrated and played upon by the predators while on land and from the waters. Therefore, tourists around this park are always able to sight see very many wildlife species at any time of the year as they enjoy their safari in the wild and the beautiful landscapes. Maasai Mara national park is a home to the Big 5 animals, which are considered to be among the main tourist attractions in this game, park such as; lions, elephants, leopards, buffalos, black Rhinos. But this national park is also a home to many other wildlife species that tourists can see such as; Zebras, Gazelle, Elands, Wild beasts, topi, impala, hippos, hyenas, crocodiles, cheetahs, jackal, stork, crane, ostrich, eagle, fox, vulture, cheetah, crane, roller and many others.
Maasai Mara national park is a good habitat to many wildlife species because it is an open flat grassland, which is surrounded with thin grass and spotted with acacia trees. More so, the western edge of this national park is formed by a geographical fault throwing up the Esoit Escarpment whereby there are around three main rivers that drain the area, Talek, the sand and the Mara. In addition, it is at the crossing of this stunning river where the great migrations are always seen.
Wildlife species in Maasai Mara National park.
Maasai Mara national park is a good destination to travel to while planning to go on an adventurous safari in Kenya because it seen as an animal kingdom whereby it is the best place to sight see an amazing Eco system of the African wildlife within the wilderness. Therefore, this national park has a magnificent collection of large numbers of wildlife species that are always available in the park for tourists to see. Maasai Mara national park is a home to the Big Nine animals such as; lions, elephants, leopards, Rhinos, giraffes, zebras, buffalos, cheetah and hippos. And this national park is surrounded with a beautiful nature, flora and fauna and for the tourists to be able to see these species in large numbers, they can always embark on game drives where you get chances to go through many different parts in the national park which always goes for about 1-2 hours.
Things to do in Maasai Mara National park.
Exploring through Maasia Mara national park always gives tourists great opportunities to embark on many interesting activities where they get to learn new experiences and create good memories. Therefore, some of these activities include; hot air balloon safaris which are always conducted at the break of the dawn and individuals are always served with bush breakfast as soon as they land on the ground and a glass of a champagne, wildlife viewing, bird watching, horseback riding, guided nature walks where they are always accompanied with park guided, great migrating wildebeest viewing, honeymoon safaris, community visits and cultural encounters where they get chances to interact with the Iikunono that is a sub-group of the Maasai that is famously known for being the skilled blacksmiths and they are also well known for making weapons and cowbells and individuals always get opportunities to learn about their history through listening carefully from their stories, village visits, game drives and many others.
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