So in February of 2011, April (my fiancee) and I travelled to Kenya's famed Mara. Masai Mara / Kenya, Africa - 25 January, 2018: Masais explaining their traditions to the tourists, one of them dancing traditional jumps. The Masai Mara tribe has a very distinctive appearance, with ochre-covered warriors raising their spears in pride and boasting their blood-red cloaks (shukas). They believed to have an estimated population of one million people leaving in both Kenya and Tanzania occupying an estimated total area of 160,000 square kilometers. The Masaai Tribe leave along the Rift valley mostly in Semi desert areas where they practice nomads life style. The Masai tribe live on the Kenya, Tanzania border. Maasai Tribe One of the famous tribes of Africa, the nomadic and pastoralist Maasai people are a Nilotic ethnic group inhabiting selected but large parts of northern, central and southern Kenya and across the border in northern Tanzania as well. It may be worth mentioning that we have the Maasai in both Kenya and Northern Tanzania, but this article will focus on the Kenyan Maasai. The Masai tribe Kenya live in the Southern part of the country. The Masai Tribe The Masaai Tribe. The Maasai tribe of Kenya ... a place in the Mara where the Maasai people can retain their culture and still have a place to live as the national parks push them out of their traditional lands. It is on records that Africa remains the home of the last surviving cultures and traditions in the world. The Maasai tribe is one of the most famous and recognized tribes. The women adorn themselves with earrings whilst the men often cover their braided hair with thick ochre paste and perhaps don extravagant head-dresses (usually made of lion mane or eagle/ostrich feathers). Until recently, the Maasai were the dominating native tribe in Kenya and to date, they have maintained a big part of their traditions and lifestyle, setting them apart from the other Kenyan tribes. The Maasai were the dominating tribe at beginning of 20th century. Unlike many other tribes in Kenya, the Maasai are semi-nomadic and pastoral: they live by herding cattle and goats. The Masaai Tribe belongs to the Nilotic ethnic group, they are among the five native tribes in Kenya currently they occupy the Southern parts of Kenya and the Northern parts of Tanzania. In common with the wildlife with which they co-exist, the Maasai need a lot of land. Tours take people interested in knowing much about this tribe to Amboseli National Park and Masai Mara National Reserve to meet the Masai tribe. The Masaai Tribe leave along the Rift valley mostly in Semi desert areas where they practice nomads life style.