IMaasai Mara National Reserve ikwiGreat Rift Valley eKenya kwaye iqulathe ubukhulu becala ingca evulekileyo. Umda we Ipaki yeSizwe yeSerengeti kwaye bekunye babamba owona mmangaliso waziwa kakhulu eAfrika – imfuduko enkulu yonyaka. Igama elithi Masai Mara lakhethwa ukuze kuzukiswe amaMasai.
Lo myezo unengqokelela ebalaseleyo yezilwanyana zasendle kwaye kunokwenzeka ukuba ungaziboni nje ezo 'Big Five' njengoko zisoloko zikhankanywa ngokubanzi, kodwa enyanisweni 'iBig Nine', kuquka iNgonyama, iNgwe, iNdlovu, iRhino, iBuffalo, indlulamthi. , Zebra, Cheetah, kunye neMvubu. Kucingelwa ukuba ngenxa yobume kunye nobutyebi bezityalo kunye nezilwanyana kwipaki yesizwe, umntu unokuzibona zonke ezi zilwanyana zingasentla kungekuphela nje kwi-2-3 iiyure zokuqhuba umdlalo, kodwa kunye nethamsanqa elingakumbi, ngaphakathi iyure yokuqhuba kwakho kwindawo yogcino. Eli candelo lingasentla lidwelisa iifoto kunye nolwazi olufutshane ngezinye zezilwanyana zasendle ezimangalisayo kunye nezilwanyana oya kuzifumana eMasai Mara kuquka noluhlu lweeNtaka ezidla ngokubonwa apha. Indawo yogcino lwezilwanyana yeyona ndawo ilungileyo yokubona inkqubo emangalisayo yendalo yasendle yaseAfrika entlango.
AmaMaasai ahlala kule ndawo ukusukela oko afuduka apha eNayile Basin kudala kakhulu. Igama elithi Mara lithetha 'amabala' ngesiMa, ulwimi lwasekuhlaleni lwesiMaasai. Ibhekiselele kwimithi emininzi emifutshane yamatyholo oyibona inamachokoza phezu kwamathafa ase-savannah xa uqhuba epakini. Ukuze ubone indlela isizwe samaMasai esiphila ngayo, unokutyelela enye yeelali zabo ezikwiMasai Mara.
Uvimba weSizwe ulikhaya leentlobo zezilwanyana ezingaphezu kwama-95 kunye neentlobo ezingaphezu kwama-400 zeentaka. Izilwanyana zasendle zihlala zisekelwe kwindawo ehlala kuyo. Phakathi kuka-Agasti naphakathi ku-Oktobha, unokutyelela iMasai Mara ukuze ubone imfuduko enkulu iinqu, amaqwarhashe, amabhadi, iinyamakazi neeempala. Ngelo xesha kusenokwenzeka ukuba babe bawelile besuka kwiSerengeti National Park yaseTanzania kwelinye icala lomda. Le mfuduko yaminyaka le yeenqu ibandakanya izilwanyana ezingaphezu kwe-2.5 yezigidi. Izilwanyana ziwela uMlambo iMara oyingozi ziyimihlambi yamawaka ezilwanyana ukuze zifumane ingca entsha kwelinye icala. Iingwenya sele zilindile emanzini. Lo ngumboniso onika umdla ongafanelanga uwuphose!
Iindwendwe ziza kwiMasai Mara Triangle kuba yenye yezona ndawo zibalaseleyo emhlabeni ukuze zibone izilwanyana zasendle. Umlambo iMara uhamba ngeMara Triangle. Ngummandla wokuqala abafudukayo abafikelela kuwo xa besuka eSerengeti besiya eMasai Mara. Unethuba elihle lokubona izilwanyana ezininzi apha. IiBig Five ezidumileyo (indlovu, ingonyama, ingwe, umkhombe kunye nenyathi) ngabemi beMasai Mara. Kwaye ngethamsanqa elincinci, unokubona iingwenkala, ii-servals, iingcuka, iimpungutye ezinendlebe yelulwane, noodyakalashe abanomqolo omnyama nabanemigca esecaleni. Unxantathu waseMara ukwalikhaya leeimvubu, iingwenya, iimfene, iiwarthogs, iitopis, ii-elands, iibhadi zikaThomson, iibhadi zikaGrant, iiimpala, iimbabala, iimbabala, iimpunzi, amaqwarhashe ezinye izilwanyana ezininzi.
I-Maasai Mara yinqwelomoya yemizuzu engama-45 ukusuka kwikomkhulu laseKenya Nairobi, Izikhululo zeenqwelo-moya ezininzi zinceda kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo zeMasai Mara, Akulula ukufikelela eMasai Mara usuka eTanzania kuba akukho ofisi yokungena ekufutshane.
Ngexesha lembalela ukusuka ngoJuni ukuya kuNovemba nangoFebruwari nangoMatshi, amaqondo obushushu anokuba phezulu emini (30°C). Ngexesha lemvula ukusuka ngoNovemba ukuya kuMeyi, kunye nencopho yemvula ngoDisemba-Januwari kunye noAprili-Meyi, amaqondo obushushu ahlala ehla ukuya kuma-20°C. Iqhelekile ukunethi imini yonke njengoko umntu ebona iintsasa ezinelanga namafu emvula enyuka ukuya emva kwemini nangorhatya.
Sincoma ukutyelela iMasai Mara phakathi kuka-Agasti kunye no-Oktobha phakathi, ngexesha lokufuduka okukhulu. Eli lixesha kuphela elinika ixabiso elongezelelweyo, xa kuthelekiswa neSerengeti National Park eTanzania.