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Improving the Maasai Mara's allure

The Mara’s global allure attracts a sizeable number of international tourists based solely on its safari experience. The increase in tourism numbers and the need to create accommodation to meet this demand has posed a number of challenges.PHOTO: COURTESY

Maasai Mara is undoubtedly one of the last frontiers for unadulterated wilderness experience in the country. For decades, the reserve has served as a source of foreign exchange, attracting approximately 500,000 tourists every year.
There is something about the Mara that continues to attract hundreds of thousands of tourists every year; it’s all about the wildlife, the people, the culture and the safari experience.

This is why it is imperative that this great reserve is protected and sustained to play its vital role in the greater Mara ecosystem.

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