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If you choose to visit Kenya, can not fail to visit the Masai Mara National Park to complete their journey. This park is located in the Serengeti region and is inhabited by the Masai tribe. Ready to take a trip to a natural zoo?

Kenya is a place of exceptional fauna, which is why many intrepid travelers are especially Masai Mara area to undertake a safari of a lifetime. This place opened in 1961, occupies an area of 1.510 square miles full of hills, meadows and rivers. This place is home to hundreds of animals in their natural habitat. To reach the park you must travel 224 kilometers from the capital of Nairobi. Better to wear light clothes because Masai Mara has an altitude of 1,500 meters above sea level which creates a mild and humid climate. Yes note that this is not going on safari and a cruise so dress in clothes that can get dirty and wet from the heavy rains (especially in season from November to June).

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Surely when you think of Tanzania comes to mind the famous safaris. True, travel agencies usually offer us the most common drive: the Serengeti National Park. Certainly it is a spectacular park, but not the only area. On this occasion we give you the opportunity to meet other fabulous and little-known national park in Tanzania. This is the Ruaha National Park. This park has an area of 10.300 square kilometers. How to get here? Very simple you only need to travel 130 kilometers by bus from the town of Iringa.

Why Ruaha park is called? The park takes its name from the Ruaha River, which flows along the park.

Ruaha National Park was declared a protected area since early last century when the Germans still ruled. Later half of the twentieth century, British rule was also responsible for maintaining the care of the park.

What animals can be seen while on a safari in Ruaha? Well anyway we will see elephants living here since a large population of elephants coming to create a colony of 10.000. Not only that. If you are a bird lover then came to the right place. Here we have shown that there are over 475 species of birds Can you believe it? Surely you can shoot like a tropical bird bucerotidaes; to the famous alcedines, commonly known as Kingfisher, a passerine songbirds and even called to see live and live to the mythical stork. Anything else? Yes, zebras, giraffes, gazelles and many more!

The only thing we ask is that does not soil the place and not disturb the animals. Remember you are only a guest at the home of the wildlife!

Ultimately, for a whole day spent in the park, it is ultimately very little in terms of animals recorded in the park, which houses the “Bigs Five” (lion, elephant, rhino, leopard – Buffalo). According to official figures, there are lions in 2000, 7700 elephants, rhino 2200, 1000 and 22,000 buffalos leopards which must be added, among others, 102 000 impala, 32,000 zebras, 14,000 wildebeest, giraffes and 200 5000 C cheetahs’ Therefore, it would be desirable to spend several days, especially as some breeds do not coexist very well together and therefore do not find anywhere in the park.

Wildlife is protected since 1898, at the initiative of Paul Kruger, then president of the former Republic of South Africa (Transvaal). His name has been given 31 May 1926 and the park’s centennial was celebrated in 1998 by Nelson Mandela .. The number of visitors is increasing, in 6000, 1935, 100 000 1955 300 000 1968 and more than one million today. Read the rest of this entry »

Another tip, if you travel with a tour operator, take the supplement 4X4 proposed before departure because buses are not allowed to leave the paved roads, which still limit the possibilities for research in some animals.

Do not forget to properly cover yourself (it’s cool in the morning and evening) and take with you a pair of binoculars that can be very useful for observing birds in particular, very difficult to approach and whose number of species exceeds 500! This advice is given, Safari can now begin.

I may be repeating myself a little but I definitely want to make clear what a safari in Kruger Park: It is absolutely not what we imagine when you are a neophyte in this area or if the we have already explored reserves in East Africa … The first surprise came from the paved roads that remove a little charm but ultimately prove to be useful because they serve as firebreaks during fire summer c is in any case what I saw .. I do not think that was their rationale but it is so good and I would say. Read the rest of this entry »