Working as a humanitarian has led me to many beautiful places such as the Maasai Mara in Kenya. Its a national game reserve that borders the Serengeti in Tanzania. Its name comes from the tribe called the Maasai, who habituated the area for decades. They continue to be known for their looks, as they wear a red rope to protect themselves from the wild animals, and for their hunting skills until this day. Because its a game reserve now, they live outside of the boundaries of the national park and have taken on a settled lifestyle but they remain deeply connected to the land and their original way of living.
If you ever watched the movie “Out of Africa”, the wide steppe, high grass, in which the lions lay low, waiting for the big herd of buffalos to come closer. Some trees in the far, under which a herd of elephants rests. Your eyes glance over the horizon, where you see only endless grass. You take a deep breathe, surrounded by nature.
Every morning at 6am and late in the afternoon, you would go on so-called game drives. You would see most of the Big 5 – elephants, buffalos, rhinos, leopards and lions. You see how the lions hunt, how the elephants walk with their families. How the herd of buffalos crossing the river with crocodiles waiting for them. Leopards resting on a tree branch and rhinos slowly eating their grass as if nothing matters in the world. Although its a fenced parc, you will experience the force of nature like no one else. You will truly what the circle of life is: eaten and by eaten. The endless cycle of birth and death. The beauty of nature in all its form – thats the Maasai Mara.
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