Monday 23 December 2013

The large plains herbivores of the Maasai Mara



The Eland
The Eland is known to be the second largest Antelope among other antelopes. They mostly inhabit savanna plains.
They are very heavy animal and can weigh about 600kg  though they are good when it comes to jumping. They can jump to a height of 3 meters
The wildebeest & Zebras
They are the common animals to be spotted in Maasai Mara.they form the great migration in Kenya Tanzania safaris.
Wildebeest & Zebras in the Mara Plain
They graze together in groups in the entire plains of the Mara.

The giraffes
They are known to be the Maasai giraffe and feed on leaves and twigs and thus have minimal competition compare to other herbivores since they make good of their tallness.
The cape buffalos
They are the most dangerous guys when provoke and thus keeping distance is vital. They are mostly referred to as African’s Cape buffalo and found in most of Kenya national parks.

The Rhinoceros
The white rhino are grazers because of their wide mouth but black rhino are browsers. They are found in relocated park because of their endangerment. Lake Nakuru  and Nairobi National park.
The white Rhino
Apart from wildlife game viewing, Kenya safaris  also offers great attractions ranging from  ranging from  beach holidays, cultural safaris and nature base tourism with numerous prehistoric sites like Uhuru garden in Nairobi for excursion, hyrax hill in Nakuru for gambles sites and burial sites, Olorgesailie which is highly preserved biological and cultural evidence about the evolution of man.
Kenya is world famous for the movement of annual wildebeest migration and zebra every July to November from Serengeti national park in Tanzania to Maasai Mara in Kenya. This is also home to the big five and ancient home land to more than 42 ethnic groups, creating a vibrant environment to interact and share more about authenticity of Kenyan’s cultures. http://www.soinafricasafaris.com/kenya-safaris.html
Sharon C





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