Here's why you need to visit the Mara

For the next few days, the global spotlight will be shone on Kenya as US President Barack Obama makes a much-anticipated trip to the land of his father.

Though he is here for the Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2015, the hype about Mr Obama's trip is the talking point. Not just about the security deployed to guard the world's most powerful man, but what Brand Obama means for Kenya is what is the trigger of all the excitement.

Mr Obama's trip couldn't have come at a better time. With a slump in tourism numbers triggered by terror attacks, Mr Obama will no doubt help assuage the fears of a would-be tourist to rethink their booking plans again. Mr Obama's trip will boost the confidence in Kenya, and is an endorsement for Kenya.

The hundreds of international journalists who will flock into the country will help push Brand Kenya in many platforms, for the greater good. Much about the country has been trending on social media and traditional media all over the world.

In Narok, the opportunity to market the Masai Mara Game Reserve has never been this big. Everything has been laid out to welcome guests into Mara, Africa's most visited national game reserve and Kenya's signature wildlife destination. The Mara is a holiday magnet for all; from local and international holiday makers, to wildlife conservationists, to acclaimed filmmakers, the Mara offers an unmatched experience. You won't miss all that nature has to offer; from the Big Five – Lions, Elephants, Cheetah, Buffalos and Rhinos – to reptiles like the crocodile, snakes and birds.

No doubt, the Mara stands out. In fact, virtually anyone the world over who has watched an African nature documentary has seen something from the Mara. Mara's beauty is defined by the mix of fun and bush experience enhanced by the adrenaline rush watching the hunters and hunted run for dear life.

The game drives offer a tourist an unmatched experience, and an excellent time in the wild.

The county's picturesque topography enhances the panoramic view the moment one gets into the game reserve, which has won continental and global awards as a holiday paradise.

What's more, Narok County is the melting pot of cultures and the tapestry of our rich Kenyan heritage, which is the pride of our country, even internationally. The hospitality of the Maasai people, rich culture, as reflected in their singing, kindness and diligence are magnets to any investor or visitor.

There couldn't have been a better time for visiting Kenya. This is the season of the Great Wildebeest migration, a remarkable phenomenon that happens every year from June to October. As you read this, nearly two million wildebeests, Zebras and Thompson Gazelles are trudging from Tanzania's Serengeti National Park to the Mara.

All of them have to cross the treacherous Mara River over the next two months to get to the wet grasslands of the Mara Game Reserve – where they birth and nurture the next generation of their kind in readiness for a return trip to the Serengeti later in the year. The catch is that the massive herds have to forge across the Mara River, right into the waiting jaws of Africa's largest concentration of crocodiles in the wild.

As one writer put; "In frenetic intervals, batches of wildebeest herds with a colourful sprinkling of Zebras will charge into the river, triggering an eating frenzy among the crocodiles even as hundreds of the herbivores are trodden to death by the their panicked companions."

"It is this breathtaking spectacle, at once wondrous and horrendous, that makes the Mara one of a handful of natural phenomena ranked globally in the contender list for the Eighth Wonder of the World." A wide variety of safari lodges and camps are in the Mara, including major international hotel chains like Serena.

Only Nairobi has a bigger concentration of accommodation facilities than the Masai Mara. The Mara is by far the largest source of income for the county. Its proceeds have created employment, and now communities are benefiting from the revenue collected from the Mara. How lucky can a county get? Narok County welcomes the world to sample what our beautiful county offers.

We invite you to experience and witness the rare life-time moments during this migration season. To the GES 2015 delegates; when you choose Kenya, you will find it most fitting to choose Narok for investment.