![]() You can visit the Mara Triangle daily by reading our blog at Thank you. Please respect our rangers and work with them - we are all responsible for ensuring the protection of the Masai Mara, and we ask you to speak out should you observe park rules being broken. Park rules are put in place to protect the wildlife and the fragile Mara ecosystem, but also to make sure that each person who visits the park can enjoy their stay. Please ensure you allow plenty of time to exit the park, and do not drive there before 0600hrs or after 1900hrs if you are staying at a lodge or camp inside the park. Keep your eye on the Sun: The sun sets at around 1830hrs, the same time the park gates close for the night. Bones, feathers, stones, plants and flowers must all stay where they are.ġ2. Leave the Park Where it is: We want everyone to enjoy the wonders of the Mara. Vehicles can cause confusion and separate an animal from its young always keep a good distance from young animals as well as dens, burrows and nests.ġ1. If an animal shows avoidance tactics and tries to leave an area, or is engaged in hunting, feeding or nursing activities, do not block its path or pursue it. Let Sleeping Lions Lie: Respect the animals by not goading them into action by calling, clapping hands, banging on the side of the vehicle or slamming doors. If safe to do so, please pick up (or have your driver pick up) litter that you see in the park.ġ0. Keep it this way by taking all litter home with you, including cigarette butts. Enjoy the View: Welcome to one of the most beautiful places on earth. They can then become aggressive and threatening towards humans, which may lead to them having to be destroyed.ĩ. ![]() Don't Share Your Lunch! Wild animals become habituated if fed, causing them to abandon normal hunting and feeding behaviours. Stay within 25 metres of your vehicle at all times.Ĩ. If you are with a professional guide you may picnic under a tree but remember to check for animals, including the above branches for leopards. Have a Picnic: You are allowed out of your vehicle at designated viewing points along the river and designated picnic sites only. ![]() Take it in turn to view the sighting, waiting at a distance of 100 metres.ħ. No more than five vehicles are allowed around one wildlife sighting when more than five the viewing time is reduced to 10 minutes. Sit & Observe: If you keep to park rules, you can stay with the animals as long as they are not disturbed by your presence. Take an Even Closer Look: To get a better view, use your binoculars! Never put your guide at risk of being fined, or even banned from the park, by asking him to drive too close to an animal.Ħ. Please note that NO off-road driving is permitted in the delicate river zone.ĥ. Rangers will issue an on-the-spot fine for off-roading without a confirmed sighting. Always return the way you came, straight back to the track. Take the shortest route from the track and stop 25 metres from the animals. Take a Closer Look: You are allowed to leave the track to get closer to the Big Five. Do not sound your horn or play radios or portable music players.Ĥ. To watch animals continue with their normal hunting, feeding and nursing activities you must lower your voice. Keep to a Whisper: Wild animals move away or freeze if they hear human voices. Any closer than 25 metres (roughly five vehicle lengths) constitutes harassment of the animal and a breach of park rules, and you could face an on-the-spot fine.ģ. To see an animal behave naturally you must keep a good distance away. Keep It Real: Human activity interferes with an animal's behaviour. To protect the animals and the ecosystem, please do not exceed the park speed limit of 50kph.Ģ. Even on the busiest of days large parts of the park are empty of people yet full of wildlife. Explore: Switch off the radio and explore the park.
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