A fork in the river….where the Mara River begins

A few weeks ago I made a trip to the Mara River Basin, to discuss conservation issues with the local communities there. A local farmer asked me whether I had seen the point where the Mara River begins – I responded to him saying I actually had not. The basin is a phenomenal and challenging place at the same time. Two main rivers make up what eventually becomes the Mara – the Nyangores and Amala. The black line is the Amala, the red - the Nyangores and blue line Mara River.

What was exciting about this particular visit was that it’s the first time I had actually ventured to visit during the rainy season. The area was amazingly lush and the river laden with sediment – top soil washed away from the upper catchment areas. When I got to the confluence of the Nyangores and Amala – it finally dawned on me just how much sediment was in the river. Incredible and we are working on it….

I leave you with a picture of the sunrise - amazing and breathtaking colors - in Musoma on the shores of Lake Victoria.

More soooon.