Reading
Hollis, (Sir Alfred) Claude 1905. (1970). The Maasai: Their Language and Forklore. Oxford: Clarendon Press. (Reprinted by Negro Universities Press, Westport, Connecticut).
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Sankan, S. S. 1971. The Maasai. Nairobi: East African Literature Bureau.
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Fosbrooke, H. A. 1972 Ngorongoro: The Eighth Wonder. London: Andre' Deutsch.
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Salvadori, Cynthia and Feeders, Andrew. Maasai. London: Collins, 1973.
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Jacobs, A. 1975. Maasai Pastorialism in Historical Perspective. In T. Monod, ed., Pastorialism in Tropical Africa. London: Oxford University Press.
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Parkipuny, L. M. S. 1975. 'Maasai Predicament Beyond Pastorialism." M.A. thesis, Institute of Department Studies, University of Dar es Salaam.
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Beckwith, C. and Ole Saitoti, T. 1980 Maasai. New York. Abrams. A beautiful, visual and descriptive book of the Maasai.
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Ndagala, D. K. 1982. "Operation Imparnati": The Sedentarization of the Pastoral Maasai in Tanzania. Nomadic Peoples, no. 10.
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Read, D. 1982 Waters of the Sanjan. Nairobi. A novel about a Maasai warrior who lived in the Rift Valley of Ngorongoro and Serengeti area during the time the Germans began to enter Maasailand.
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Galaty, J. G. 1982. Being 'Maasai'; Being 'People-of-Cattle': Ethnic Shifters in East Africa. American Ethnologist 9 (1): 1-20.
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Matthiessen, P. 1983 The Tree Where Man Was Born. (and with Eliot, Porter, 1974 The African Experience.) New York, Avon Press.
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Kipury, Naomi. 1983. Oral Literature of the Maasai. Nairobi and London: Heinemann Educational Books.
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Arhem, Kaj 1985 Pastoral Man in the Garden of Eden: The Maasai of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania. Uppsala Anthropology research reports, Sweden. Subtitled "The Maasai of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania", this is a fine summary of the people and the problems.
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Ole Saitoti, T. 1985 The Worlds of a Maasai Warrior: An autobiography. New York, Random House. An autobiography explaining in details life as a Maasai growing up Ngorongoro and comparative life in several other parts of the world.
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Rigby, Peter. 1985. Persistent Pastoralists. London: Zed Press.
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Celebration Dance
Before you retire to your room, be enlightened with the Maasai marriage ceremony – E Unoto. From singing, men strutting and jumping, to flirting and finally selection of brides you will see a condensed version from 30 days to 30 minutes.
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African Acrobats
Enjoy the power and precision of the African acrobats after dinner. Watch as they amaze you with their incredible stunts.
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Traditional Maasai Wedding
A Maasai wedding is very colorful. The bride wears a long garment made of the softest and most beautifully tanned sheepskin. She is adorned with many bead necklaces, Maasai silver and copper, wrapped jewelry.
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Guided walk to the Waterfall
This trek takes you along a nature trail where you will have a chance to see indigenous plant species and learn how important their roots, barks, leaves and fruits are to the Maasai..
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