Why you should visit Masai Mara for safari?
Why you should visit Masai Mara for safari? – Why visit Mara?
Why you should visit Masai Mara for safari? – The Masai Mar National reserve in Kenya was named after the Masai people and their description of the beauty of land, the Mara is a popular game spot for tourists visiting Africa. The landscape that is fully filled with countless wildlife populations, all of which you can discover yourself on a safari tour in the Mara.
Masai Mara National reserve is one of the most popular safari destinations on the planet earth and provides the traveler with an authentic African holiday experience in the wild.
Great Adventure Safaris gives you reasons why you should visit Masai Mara, and why the national reserve is so popular? and once you read our research in today’s article, you will be convinced to add a Masai Mara safari on your travel wish list.
It holds the great wildebeest migration/thunder of hooves.
Are you keen to see a world cup of animals in the wild in your life time? Then you have to make sure that you fly both legs or take a road trip to Masai Mara in Kenya Africa for a life time safari holiday. Every year, around one million wildebeest together with thousands of Zebras cross Mara River from Serengeti in Tanzania to Masai Mara National reserve. While crossing itself may not be so adventurous but the Mara River is filled with predators like crocodiles and others wait for them before and after the river, making it a perilous journey, this makes the migration adventurous and spectacular. Nile crocodiles and other predators like lions, leopards are always waiting to make the wildebeest their prey.
On your nest safari holiday to Africa, make sure you book a trip to witness a thunder of hooves in Masai Mara, all you need to do is, make sure that you book you holiday well in advance as most travelers go a few weeks before the crossing begins, to make sure they do not miss it and also endure that you get all the services. So it is better you confirm your slots well in advance. Read more about the wildebeest migration
Holiday safety guaranteed.
Most travellers willing visit Masai Mara always put safety at the figure tips and it is true that some parks in Africa attract poachers and criminals as the hides and bones of some animals are highly priced on the black market but tourists are always under protections and you can take an armed ranger guides for game drives, also you will come to see so many security patrols on foot and in jeeps to keep you safe. So you get security from Kenya wildlife services and all our travellers who visited Mara confess that nothing made them will uncomfortable during their stay in the National reserve.
Wildlife in abundance
As we have mentioned earlier about the wildebeest migration, but there is a lot of animals that you will encounter on the Masai Mara holiday and the reserve is a home to thousands of animal species. In fact all the big five you are eager to see are all found in Mara including, African elephants, lions, Rhino, buffalo and leopards. You will be convinced to agree that the reserve has almost all the rarely seen wildlife.
The black rhinos are gradually increasing by 1980 the population was only 15 but thanks to the reserve authority, now the number are slowly increasing.
The drives you will enjoy down the rivers, you might spot hippos and Nile crocodiles, whereas throughout the reserve, you are likely to see bat-eared fox, cheetah, jackals and hyenas. You need to be in the Esoit escarpment to see much wildlife in the Mara.
Wonderful adventure experience
On your safari holiday in Masai Mara, you will not be disappointed as you might be eager to get more than just a look at the animal. Have you ever wondered how it feels like to be in a hot air balloon and float over the plains of Mara, perhaps with animals running below? Well you can discover the experience only when you book a hot air balloon trip.
After game drives and viewing animals, you will ask for a chance to relax, unwind and enjoy the beauty of the surrounding like the sunset and topography. Yes you can do all that at the lodge or camp and many other activities available for you including swimming pools, massage treatment and many others. Different places lodges and camps have different activities for you to choose as you enjoy your stay mostly in evenings after your daily schedule.
Getting there
There are a variety of ways to get to Masai Mara. You will find out that there are flights that can take you direct to Mara, contact Great Adventure safaris to book a flight in safari to Masai Mara. You can also get to Masai mara by road, our 4×4 land cruiser jeeps come with a driver/guide well knowledgeable about the flora and fauna of Kenya. Click on the link to read more about to get to Mara
A thrilling once in the life time experience
You might be wondering whether the experience that you get in the Masai Mara can be replicated anywhere else in Africa, we can assure you that nowhere else around the globe can provide the same thrills that you get in the Mara
Imagine waking up not to the sound of an alarm clock but to animal noise and birds calls outside your window. That’s exactly what can happen in Mara with lodges and camps that put you right in the heart of the action. You’ll hear the roar of the lion, the stomping hooves of the wildebeest or the snort of a hippo. It’s not just the sound either; the scents are here too with the fresh tropical small of the Mara and plains all around you.
Then, when you do take a holiday, this won’t be your typical trip. You’ll see predators stalking and devouring their prey, cubs playing together and much more. Each moment on a safari here will likely be a memory that you will want to treasure forever. With beautiful weather guaranteed to give you a breathtaking and undisturbed view every day, you’ll never have to deal with the reserve being off limit. Then there’s the food. All the lodges and camps in the area provide traditional, yet world class, dining options for you to enjoy. We don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that once you arrive, you won’t want to leave.
Incredible accommodation
Most travelers want an authentic experience during their stay or to lavish in luxury, you’ll find it in Masai Mara. There are variety of safari lodges and camps to choose from including Kichwa Tembo, Serena Safari Lodge. You won’t be taking a trip back in time with these resorts. They are firmly embedded in the twenty-first century with all the home comforts you’d expect.
Yes, you might be sleeping in a tent, but this is more likely glamping. Comfortable beds, ultra sophisticated technology and much more all await you. Yet, the tents that you sleep in give you that much-craved feeling of sleeping outdoors in a world filled with beasts and magnificent creatures. It’s actually better than staying in a hotel because you can hear the sounds of the nature reserve through the material. You can wake up in the morning and head straight out to see animals roaming close by. Of course, you are still completely safe, but you’ll get the thrill of seeing an elephant wandering close to where you slept that night. It truly needs to be experienced to be believed.
We hope you now see why you definitely need to book a trip to Masai Mara safari sooner rather than later. Whether you want to see animals in the wild, explore a thunder of hooves or just get a completely fresh vacation experience.