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OCR: TRAVEL THE MASAI MARA JOINS THE FABLED SERENGETI PLAINS, CROSSING THE SOUTHERN KENYAN BORDER INTO TANZANIA, FORMING ONE LARGE ECOSYSTEM part of Kenya in east Africa. It joins the fabled From the lodge, daily excursions in an open-top Serengeti Plains, crossing the southern Kenyan van reveal abundant game and immense vistas of border into neighbouring Tanzania. In fact, the sweeping plains and sky. Masai Mara and Serengeti form one large eco- A morning sojourn in the endless grass plain system. Visitors to the Masai Mara arrive first in discloses an unparallelled sense of freedom and Nairobi, Kenya's capital and very modern city. openness. This scene, we are told, appeared much Leaving Nairobi, a journey by van or jeep off the the same to prehistoric humans wandering this main highway onto the Ewaso Ngiro road takes section of the great Rift Valleys thousands of safari-goers into the Masai Mara. Small-plane air years past. A great blend of animal species, service is also available. Quarters are almost al- mostly coloured brown, tan, golden and cream, ap- ways at one of the fabled lodges, islands of luxury pears in an unexpected state of unspoiled harmony. in the midst of expansive wilderness. Side by side we find herds of wildebeests (gnus),