| Kenya wildlife is found in the most natural parks you | | | | the Serengeti plains, the wildebeest cover over |
| will find in Africa. Wildlife is mostly found within the | | | | 1000km of wilderness in a non-defined circle to reach |
| boundaries of national parks and reserves. These are | | | | the fresh grass. The masai mara wildebeest migrate |
| wilderness areas that have been set aside for the | | | | accompanied by an army of zebras and other plains |
| purposes of wildlife conservation. Each of these | | | | game. The migration safari in masai mara is such a |
| Kenya national parks has its own characteristic and | | | | huge phenomenon that satellites in space pick it up as |
| Kenya travellers are better off sampling each and | | | | a real time moving mass of black shade on the |
| every park on its own. | | | | screen. |
| The parks range from the snow -capped mountains | | | | The wildebeest migration safari in masai mara |
| to the low savannah grasslands; from the scenic | | | | involves over 1.5 million gnus accompanied by at least |
| knuckle shaped ranges of the aberdares national park | | | | a quarter of a million zebras. Since food is moving, |
| to the rough arid national parks of samburu, shaba | | | | the predators, including famous African lion |
| and buffalo springs;from the undulating picturesque | | | | accompany the blue wildebeest across valleys, velds |
| landscape of the rift valley to the central green and | | | | and rivers as they eat the weak and lost in the |
| lush central Kenya highlands;from the white powdery | | | | Africa's grandest wildlife march. Nothing is as |
| sandy beaches with turquoise colored water to the | | | | breathtaking as observing the wildbeest rivercrossings |
| inland blue-green crater lakes. | | | | in the masai mara. Accumulating in their thousands on |
| The African wildlife found in these parks is equally | | | | the masai mara river bank, hesitant of taking the first |
| diverse as is the vegetation and landscape. The | | | | leap, the front line are eventually forced by the |
| Kenya mountain parks host a unique an array of | | | | pushing rear mass of thousands of wildebeest into |
| wildlife including the rare giant forest hog, the | | | | the river. |
| extremely rare, shy and endangered bongo, the | | | | That first leap into the nile crocodile infested river |
| magnificent and rare black coated mountain leopard, | | | | prompts trepidation-filled 5 feet leaps by the gnu into |
| the African lynx, the smaller mountain elephant, the | | | | the river. The mad rush is driven by the desperation |
| African lion, duikers among many others. | | | | to overcome the treacherous mara river crossing to |
| Kenya north parks are famous for their rather | | | | the promised land. The sheer numbers of the fearfull, |
| different animals some of which are among the most | | | | leaping and kicking wildebeest catches the crocodile |
| endangered and rare species including the rothschild | | | | by surprise forcing them to give way from the |
| giraffe, the beisa oryx and the grevy's zebra. Other | | | | stampede and guaranteed death from trampling. |
| animals in the north of Kenya include the African lion | | | | The gnu carnage at the river crossing, even without |
| animal, the cheetah, leopard, elephants, buffalo, | | | | the help from crocodiles in the mara river result |
| gerenuk, water bucks, common zebra, coke's | | | | mainly from the stampede drowning and breaking the |
| hertebeest, birds among others. | | | | spines of others already in the river. This keeps the |
| Masai Mara Migration Tour of Kenya | | | | crocs happy for the next month or two. I guess |
| This article would not be complete if mention was | | | | they must be impatiently watching their calendars by |
| not made of the most popular Kenya national park. | | | | now for the next annual wildbeest migration in the |
| The Masai mara is by far the best national park | | | | masai mara. So intense is the moment of a |
| reserve in Kenya. Forming only a smaller section of | | | | wildebeest river crossing that the splash into the |
| the vast Serengeti plains in Tanzania, the masai mara | | | | water sounds like a thousand raging waterfalls. You |
| is by far the most famous national park in Kenya. | | | | really don't want to miss a wildebeest river crossing ! |
| The Kenya masai mara is located in the southern | | | | Arranging for your Kenya Africa animal safari is easy |
| Kenya tourism circuit right in the midst of the masai | | | | with an experienced tour operator in Kenya. Most of |
| warrior country. | | | | the bookings for the migration tour have to be done |
| The vast savannah landscape with unending vistas of | | | | a year to six months in advance as the masai mara |
| grass velds supports the highest numbers of wildlife. | | | | lodges tend to fill up 3 full months to the Kenya |
| The panoramic and usually breathtaking golden plains | | | | migration season. So try and have your Kenya animal |
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| masai mara's best advantage is the ease with which | | | | Well not everyone who comes to Kenya goes for |
| viewing wildlife comes. It matters little, the gate you | | | | the wildebeest migration tour. In most cases |
| access the masai mara national reserve through. The | | | | travelers to Kenya will be driven by a variety of |
| mara wildlife starts right at the entrance all the way | | | | motivations and in need to see a diverse array of |
| to your lodge. | | | | attractions. As mentioned earlier, there are a plethora |
| I must say the number of African lions you see will | | | | of Kenya Africa attractions to keep you busy for a |
| leave you satiated and full of glee. It is only in the | | | | month or more, pocket size allowing. |
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