Virtually every person who visits Kenya goes to Masai Mara, and with good reason . This is the Kenyan section of the wildly evocative Serengeti plains, and the wildlife is abundant. These are also traditionally the lands of the Masai, but these people have been displaced in favor of the animals.The mara ( as its often abbreviated to) is a 320-sq-km slab of basically open rolling grassland dotted with the distinctive flat topped acacia trees tucked away in the south west corner of the reserve.

Wherever you go in the mara , the one certain thing is that you will see an astonishing amount of game , often in the one place at one time. Of the antelope , the black striped thomsonsgazelle and the largest grants gazelle are found in huge numbers while the impala , topi, cokes hartebeest and of course the wildebeest are also profuse. Other common animals include the maasai giraffe, babbon( especially around the lodges) warthog, spotted hyena and grey or side striped jackal. Tth highlight of the mara is no doubt the annual wildebeest migration, when literally millions of these ungainly beasts stray north from the Serengeti in july and august in search of the lush grass, before turning south again from the Masai mara around october .It is truly a staggering experience to be in the reserve at that time.
Maasai mara is not a place you can get to without transport. You have to hire a car or join other tourist.Big Time Camp is one of the camps in Masai mara that offers budget accommodation. The campsite has self contained tents, with bathrooms and hot shower.

The presence of wild animals in any learning atmosphere is by all stretches of imagination a rare spectacle, conceivable only in the fantasy world of movies. But hold your breath! That very scene exists in Kenya – on the fringes of the world famous Maasai mara game reserve where children view wild animals from the comfort of their classroom windows. Whereas the Maasai mara is the acknowledged eighth wonder of the world, these snenes at one near by primary school are a wonder unto themselves. More, the pupils of the school tucked away in the sun baked planes of Ololomutia , about 350 kilometers west of Kenyan capital, Nairobi, they are not bothered by the presence of zebras, wildebeest, hyenas, giraffe, elephants, bofalloes and occasional lions , cheetahs and leopards in their neighborhood as that is what they see everyday around their homes.

It is common practice for teachers in these schools to refer to real animals browsing or lazing away close by during biology lessons thus:”zebra – crossings in Nairobi and our other cities are modeled on stripes you can see on the skin of the animals over there” or ” the popular Kenyan beer brand, Tusker derive sits name from the elephant, like that one over there with muddy tusks” or ” hyenas, as you can see , have shorter hind limbs” or ” when someone calls you a giraffe, it means that you are tall and have a long neck like that giraffe out there” explains one of the teachers, it is teaching with a difference.

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