Best time to visit Maasai Mara National Reserve
Best time to visit Maasai Mara National Reserve : Maasai Mara National Reserve is one of the most famous and the important Kenya wildlife safari conservation and the wilderness areas in Africa, it is world-renowned for its exceptional population of a variety of the wildlife in the reserve, majorly it hosts the great migration, which is secures as one of the great and stunning seven natural wonders of Africa and as one of the ten wonders of the world, not only that the reserve is blessed with the big five mammals including the lions, elephants, leopards, rhinos and leopards there other a variety of the animal species like cheetah, giraffe, hippopotamus, zebra, big cats and among others.
Climate in Maasai Mara National Reserve.
The climate in Maasai Mara National Reserve is pleasantly warm, with the cool nights, all the year, the area is situated just south of the equator at an altitude of 1500 and 1900 meters and it receives 12 hours of daylight on any day of the year. The temperatures of the Maasai Mara National Reserve are therefore slightly higher from October to March, and ends up reaching at average of 300C/850F, and when it’s cooler the temperatures can therefore cool as low as 130C/550F from June to August. Maasai Mara National Reserve is therefore happen to have the two rainy seasons and two dry seasons in the reserve that is the longer one from April to June and the shorter one from October to November.
The presence or absence of the rainfall disrupts the vegetation and the water sources and hence affecting the movement and the concertation of animal species, therefore when the resources are scarce the animals have to go further in deeper areas while searching for the food and water especially in the Talek River and Mara River. Maasai Mara National Reserve offers the most suitable time that is minimum to 12 hours for the reserve activates, during the period the tourists can make for the best stunning magnificent game viewing in the reserve, the focuseastafricatours.com therefore recommends its most weather patterns mentioned that may be followed and taken to make your safari a perfect one with the best time to the Maasai Mara National Reserve.
The main activity done in the Maasai Mara National Reserve that is the game viewing safari is required and best done during this season, the long cool-dry season from July to October is considered by the most to be the best time of the year to visit Maasai Mara National Reserve but also the costliest season also, the absence of rain means that the flora is less dense so the animals are easier to observe and to add on that during the season the insect levels, like the mosquitoes are lower during the dry season. From July to October, Maasai Mara National Reserve is the dry and the reserve contains dense vegetation making it a favorable time for the visitors to come and visit Maasai Mara National Reserve.
Also the dry season aids the Great migration that arrives in Maasai Mara National Reserve from Serengeti National Park where over 1.5 million wildebeest and the thousands of zebras, hundreds of the gazelles, elands do cross the crocodile River Mara in order to search for the greener pastures and water although their migration varies at times, the herds do arrive in late July until August and at times proceeding to September.
During that period in Maasai Mara National Reserve, again it can be the perfect time when the roads are excellent for the game viewing of the entire wildlife in the reserve, this is the period when there is accumulative number of the animal species in the reserve and the presence of the predators as well, during the time even the tourists can witness while the predators are attacking the prey for survival while the wildebeest have crossed over to the reserve.
Where to stay in Maasai Mara National Reserve.
Maasai Mara National Reserve has got the most reliable and suitable accommodation facilities for the guests who come visit the reserve as these are arranged into the Budget, Mid-range and the Luxury accommodations like the Maasai Serena Safari lodge, Base Camp Maasai Mara, Acacia House, Offbeat Ndoto Camp, Mara Duma Bush Camp, Oseki Maasai Mara Camp, Mara Sweet Acacia Lodge, Sarova Mara Game Camp, Mara intrepids Tented camp and among others.
