See point
Lions: into the Masai Mara, one of the most keen to see is the "king of beasts - the lion, the lion in the way of the family together, the parents of each family to one or two male lion, the rest are lioness or lion. Lioness bear family, all of the housework, including hunting, lions even collective hunting sturdy bison.
Hi bright clothing or cloaks for women of the Masai: Masai women, colored beads on their neck, arm and leg more dazzling, these ornaments are coded with the marriage year increase continuously, and wear is not quasi-removal, day and night with them as partners. The most striking of their ears, Marseille girl was born after the ears prick holes punched, stuffed with knick-knacks, to strengthen the plasticity of the human growth continue to use cork expansion holes in the accompanying butter soften helix auricle becomes longer, and gradually increase the ornaments weight until ears Chuijian, showing a pair of huge pierced ears.
Introduction
Masai Mara National Park is considered to be the world''''s most famous wildlife sanctuary, this animal''''s paradise by the 1672 flat kilometers of open plains, woodlands and riparian forests. Masai Mara National Park was established in 1961, is the world''''s largest wild mammals homes, with 95 species of mammals and 450 species of birds.
An oasis of grass, dotted with flocks of zebras, giraffes, antelope and corner wildebeest acacia woods full of birds and monkeys elephant and African buffalo rolled and broad marshes Dempsey Allah Mary pull River middle reaches of drag of a large number of hippos and crocodiles. Naturally, this all cut off contact with the hustle and bustle of city.
Mara has been called the kingdom of the lion, these majestic, powerful predators dominate these grasslands. The cheetah is also very common, there are hyena, and small predators such as jackal. The noon grassland sweltering, drowsy all the predators are the sun, so visit the predator, the best choice for the early morning or sunset.
Masai Mara National Park is home to animals, it is the homeland of the Masai. Marseille is known East African nation of soldiers, to the nomadic. The soldiers all had long hair, dressed in red or brown Masai Bu, women shaved head or short hair. The Maasai still practice polygamy. The outermost layer of living in villages surrounded by barbed dry twigs to prevent invasion of the beast, the middle of cow dung huts built into the door on the interior walls of Foreign around a circle, the middle of the gap for the movement of people. The production house with a dry cow dung is generally short, but strong and sturdy, can be used at least seven years or so.
Traffic
There is no fixed tour route in the Masai Mara National Park, take a modified jeep or van safari (safari), depends on an experienced driver looking for the animal, including the transmission of information to each other through walkie-talkie. Even traces of the road is not very obvious. Of course, I believe that these experienced drivers, and will not appear lost.
Great migration of wildlife
July to September each year, the Masai Mara staged the world''''s most spectacular natural spectacular: the great migration of animals from Tanzania plug La Gaiti protected areas. Subject to the temptation of the northern nurture the vitality of rain and fresh grass, and hundreds of millions of antelope, wildebeest, zebra, assembled in groups, across the border to enter the Masai Mara. The migration team overwhelming, covering the horizon. The Mara River is the most brutal battlefield of their journey. They gathered on the banks of the river side, Emergency, jumped into the rushing river, with rapids and waiting for the crocodile wrestling, track from carnivorous animals took the opportunity to attack, set off a frenzy. In October, the same route in the opposite direction, thrilling scene will occur again. The annual migration, to promote the life cycle of the Masai Mara a new round of endless vitality, but also for grassland.
Maasai culture
Masai Mara means "the wilderness of the Masai, here is the heart of Marseille tribal life.
The Masai are an ancient tribe, still advocate traditional values, religious ceremonies as an indispensable part of their daily lives. Not only will they see themselves as residents of this region, and that they are part of this piece of land because this land is part of their lives. Traditionally, the Maasai rarely hunt and wildlife in harmony is their faith an important part of the lion and the antelope in their cultural beliefs act as a role equivalent to their own domesticated livestock. This unique symbiotic relationship of humans and animals with modern natural predatory stark contrast.
About Masai Mara
In southwestern Kenya and Tanzania in the areas bordering the two countries have jointly established a wildlife sanctuary, dedicated to the protection of wild animals to the survival of the natural environment. This piece of protected areas in Tanzania part to called Sailagaiti part is called the Masai Mara, Kenya is one of the world''''s largest wildlife sanctuary. You come here may have a sense of deja vu, because we know of the Discovery program are taken on the plains, while the Disney classic animated film "The Lion King" is about to occur in the story.
Masai Mara is the number and wide variety of wildlife habitat. An oasis of green grass dotted with flocks of zebra, giraffe, antelope and corners of wildebeest, acacia trees, hidden birds and monkeys. Elephant and African buffalo in Dempsey Alaska marshes rolled and crocodiles in the Mara River and the Tale Ke River cruising. Here is the cheetah, hyena and jackal hunting field, but only the worthy king of the lion is the animal kingdom.
Masai Mara is one of the most complete tourist service facilities in Kenya, all the national parks and protected areas close to protected area boundaries, with many small campsite and hostel, to carry out walking, horse riding, ride or hot-air balloon sightseeing activities for the tourists as much as possible close to the animals.
The crossing of the kingdom of heaven: every year from August to September, the rainy season has awakened the Masai Mara Prairie, millions of Ma Tau Kok to follow the green grass Serengeti moved north this point. Lion, crocodile tracks the sound to start the year, the most fruitful hunting. The south bank of the river, the face of the turmoil of the Mara River and the predator, wildebeest are only select desperate to force a crossing of food and all my hopes, because the other side of the river.
One slip wildebeest crocodile towed away, and issued by the tragic cry. Companions unmoved, because of the high ground across the river, there are more anxiously waiting for his companions. This is a collective resolve and strength, can give individual students the confidence to cast away fear, and placing the death and then. Over the river there is lush green grass. But the river can only starve to death. Roaring, trampling and courageously forward, they maintain the principle of survival of the strongest in the rolling endless.
Mara introduced
Mara River, Masai Mara wilderness is divided into two, it is the home of crocodiles and hippos, but also the lifeblood of other wild animals, which many tributaries nourishing this vast land. Mara River rises in the rainy mountains, even in times of drought, it never drying up, the March-June rainy season, the river suddenly rose. In August-September every year the world''''s most spectacular wildlife migration through the blocking of the Mara River, the surge of the rapids and crocodile is the most difficult and spectacular scene, which is referred to as "the Mara River crossing or the crossing of "heaven."
The migration of up to 3000 km per year, due to hunger, thirst, tired or natural enemies hunt, only 30 percent of the wildebeest to return to their departure. But before the big rainy season, there are 400,000 newborn wildebeest was born. The new birth and the weak out of every year here reciprocating cycle, endless.
Traffic
Can take the vehicles to arrive, a hot air balloon to watch the better, the price of about $ 350 / person, including grass champagne.