postcard no.//010 - blackboard jungle
“After we pull our land rover off the track to watch a pair of leopards, I ask my two safari guides what animal they’d be most excited to see. I’m thinking elephants, lions, rhinos — the charismatic megafauna that attract tourists from across the world. Their answer: aardvarks and porcupines…”
— from “kenya’s blackboard jungle” by stephan faris in the may 18th issue of TIME magazine.
Hundreds of thousands of tourists visit the Masai Mara every year for its incredible diversity of wildlife and stunning landscapes. As one of Kenya’s leading income generators, tourism has historically been lucrative for only a select few Europeans and members of Kenya’s leading tribe, the Kikuyu. But times are gradually changing and the Masaii tribe, indigenous to the region, are now making their way into the industry as safari guides and are increasingly being viewed as the best spokespeople for, and custodians of, this areas wealth of natural resources.
