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Corona Virus has hit the world hard but the effects are not close to the escalating hunger that has seen many people struggle to find a meal including communities that directly depended on tourist’s visits for survival out of selling crafts, tips or cultural encounter experiences. This has seen thousands of households struggle to live but worst is finding a survival meal for the day. The Batwa Community has not been spared either and to me, they have surely had the wrath of the pandemic. All was well with us at first when we got restricted to move _ in our houses by the government of Uganda as a preventive measure to curb the spread of the deadly virus pandemic, while we thought was a good idea and a solution to the then fast spreading virus, it hadn’t crossed our minds that fast about the lock-down effects it would cause to the more less privileged communities like the Batwa and many others who directly or indirectly survived on tourist guest arrivals. After we had written about Afr...

Masai Mara National Reserve is one of the most popular travel destinations not only in east Africa but the whole Africa. In the Great Rift Valley lies the Masai mara, it gets its name from the masai people leaving in the area. Maasai Mara National Reserve is in Kenya and it stretches 580 sq miles and raises 1,500-2,170 meters above sea level. It hosts over 95 species of mammals and over 570 recorded species of birds. There is an excellent chance of seeing the Big 5, cheetah, hyena, bat eared foxes, hippo, crocodile, baboons, warthog, topi, eland, Thompson’s gazelle, Grant’s gazelle, impala, water bucks, reed-buck, zebra. It is in the masai mara national park that you get to see the great migration to Tanzania from Kenya or vice versa. The wildebeest migration needs a little timing I guess because it does not happen all year around. Depending on what you want Masai Mara national park is good for 3-5 days Kenya safari . If you are interested in photography the longer you stay the more c...