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| Keywords: kenya travel tourism culture tradition maasai mara national reserve north conservancy wildlife conservation walking village manyatta traditional contemporary lifestyles modern world 21st century change development outdoor KENYA, Maasai Mara: In a photograph taken by Make It Kenya 24 June 2015, author and travel writer Stuart Butler and his Maasai guide and companion Josphat Mako rest in the Mara North Conservancy adjacent to Kenya's world famous Maasai Mara National Reserve. Throughout the months of May and June, Stuart and Mako walked over 200km across traditional lands belonging to Kenya's Maasai. Embarking from the high, remote and forested Loita Hills they headed west, skirting the edge of the world famous Maasai Mara National Reserve, passing through private and community conservancies before finishing at the foot of the Oloololo Escarpment. During the expedition, Stuart and Mako visited numerous Maasai villages known as manyattas spending time with both past and present generations of Maasai people, learning about their traditional cultures and contemporary Maasai lifestyles, and the pressure of the modern world and the 21st Century, conservation, political pressures and tourism, all of which influence and contribute to Maasai life today. MANDATORY CREDIT: MAKE IT KENYA PHOTO / STUART PRICE. KENYA, Maasai Mara: In a photograph taken by Make It Kenya 24 June 2015, author and travel writer Stuart Butler and his Maasai guide and companion Josphat Mako rest in the Mara North Conservancy adjacent to Kenya's world famous Maasai Mara National Reserve. Throughout the months of May and June, Stuart and Mako walked over 200km across traditional lands belonging to Kenya's Maasai. Embarking from the high, remote and forested Loita Hills they headed west, skirting the edge of the world famous Maasai Mara National Reserve, passing through private and community conservancies before finishing at the foot of the Oloololo Escarpment. During the expedition, Stuart and Mako visited numerous Maasai villages known as manyattas spending time with both past and present generations of Maasai people, learning about their traditional cultures and contemporary Maasai lifestyles, and the pressure of the modern world and the 21st Century, conservation, political pressures and tourism, all of which influence and contribute to Maasai life today. MANDATORY CREDIT: MAKE IT KENYA PHOTO / STUART PRICE. | ||||
