Jumbo ! Kenya-3
Masai Mara to Nairobi ! Day 7 of our Kenya birding trip to Masai Mara National Reserve was a dream come true for me. A visit to Mara with my friends was on my bucket list for more than ten years, but somehow it never materialised. I was eagerly looking forward to the most exciting African safari. The Masai Mara was established as a game reserve in 1961. It is contiguous with Serengeti National Park of Tanzania. The landscape of reserve has vast open plains, acacia trees , rolling hills and the Mara and Talek rivers. The traditional inhabitants of the region, the Masai people , gave the park its name and culture. The Masai Mara is home to numerous species, known as Big five and Big Nine and a variety of bird species. An important attraction at Mara is the 'Great Migration' of Wildebeest and Zebras in lakhs to Tanzania. The Duma camp where we were staying was surroun...