A highlight for many safari travelers in East Africa is visiting and meeting with the Maasai people. The Maasai are a semi-nomadic, pastoral indigenous tribe whose ancestral territory stretches across southern Kenya and northern Tanzania, and they live by herding cattle and goats. Kenya recognizes over fifty tribes of native people. The Maasai were the dominating tribe at beginning of 20th century. In addition, the Maasai are one of the oldest communities in the world and viewed as Africa’s last great warrior tribe that has thrived in the great rift valley region of East Africa for over 2000 years. They are revered for their cultural traditions, lifestyle and lore and how well preserved tradition in the face of modernity. Since the Maasai live in proximity with the wildlife, it is as though the two co-exist as many Massai communities abut within the bounds of popular game preserves—including Maasai Mara,[…]
