Maasai Mara Grass-root education and awareness elephant campaign walk .
" Taking the initiative " 200km walk
Jim Nyamu Director Elephant Neighbors Center and the leader or Ivory belongs to elephant campaign walk at Kilgoris trading centre . For the last 11 days I will be walking and talking in areas such as Olmotonyi, Lorgarian, Kawai, Mara Rianta, Aitong more information about the route please check : www; http://elephantcenter.org
I was very impressed by Agama hotel by their outstanding campaign banner : A place to behttp://www.angama.com
With my supporters who walked with me from Lorgarian 27 km to Kawai that includes
Mara West: http://marawest.com and Kichwa Tembo :http://www.andbeyond.com/kichwa-tembo-tented-camp/ and Mpata Safari Club http://www.mpata-masaimara.com
I have addressed 17 community meetings since 24th Sept and am very concerned about the community attitudes towards wildlife conservation and Maasai Mara Game Reserve. In my own analysis the biggest percentage of people living in Mara do not appreciate what they have. about 70 % of the people who stood and either ask or make a comments have a negative attitude towards the wildlife conservation.
In 2006 Maasai Mara Game Reserve was named one of the new Seventh Wonders of the World in a poll of experts conducted by ABC Television's Good Morning America. The incredible annual migration of over a million Wildebeest from the Serengeti plains to the Mara has been described as being one of the most awe inspiring sights on earth, and a broadcast on US morning television took this spectacle into millions of American homes.
The sheer spectacle of this event draws visitors keen to witness one of the planet’s largest and most fascinating natural cycles to Kenya each year, and is regarded as the planet's greatest natural spectacle- and it is this remarkable event that saw the Mara ranked as one of the new Seven Wonders.
The central migratory herds of over 1.3 million wildebeest spend much of the year grazing throughout the plains of the Serengeti. The herds calve in January to March, the young born ready to make their first, epic journey. In June, as the dry season withers the grasslands and a distant scent of moisture brings promise of rain in the north, they begin to gather, massing together to form a single vast herd.
They pour northwards, a pulsing, surging column of life. The sound of the approaching herd is a deep, primal rumbling of thundering hooves and low grunts. This endless grey river of life is mottled with black and white as zebras join the throng, drawn onwards in the search for the rains and fresh life giving grass.
By July the herds begin crossing from Tanzania to Kenya, bringing the plains to life as predators are drawn to this perfect opportunity for easy hunting.
At the edge of the Maasai Mara the herds face their greatest obstacle, a series of rivers that must be crossed. At the Mara River the herds gather at the banks, piling together in front of the broad fast flowing waters. As the pressure built the herds finally surge into the river, many animals hurling themselves off high banks.
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