After an early breakfast, we make our way to Serengeti National Park, stopping on the way at a Masai village.

I have decided to broaden my idea of the savannahs with smoke rising from the Masai villages.

I see their hopes like Masai villages, impermanent and leaving few marks on the landscape.

Now, across the savannah, they can see the Masai village.

Emanuel's mother still lives in a Masai village near Arusha, but he and his wife and two small sons live in town.

Then ahead and to the right we saw the high stockade of a Masai village.

Now, the car making a turn around a bank and crossing a green, grassy field, we came in sight of the Masai village.

Tourists also frequently visit Masai villages that highlight their ageold way of life, in which all land is considered communal and cows are the measure of wealth.

Tours of Masai villages are not part of package safaris, but local people have found an unofficial way to make the most of the commercialization surrounding them.

When driving through Ngorongoro we will visit a Masai village and get out and enjoy the environment with a short walk (approx.