8TH WONDER OF THE WORLD
Welcome to Travel Tuesdays where we explore and review destinations for your virtual travel experience. Masaimara National Reserve is an area of preserved Savannah wilderness in southwestern Kenya, along the Tanzanian border. Its animals include lions, cheetahs, elephants, zebras and hippos. Wildebeest traverse its plains during their annual migration. The landscape has grassy plains and rolling hills, and is crossed by the Mara and Talek rivers. The area nearby is dotted with villages (enkangs) of Maasai people. Every year from July through October, the Masaimara becomes the backdrop of one of the most spectacular wildlife shows on earth - the Great Migration. The sight of so many animals dotting the plains is almost inconceivable. The rolling savannah’s sunburnt grasses become home to more than 1.5 million zebra, wildebeest and antelopes trekking from the Serengeti to the Masaimara in search of greener pastures and water. The Great Migration is unique to the Sere