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...floods of zebra and wildebeest arrive from Tanzania, and more elephants feed outside the protected area than in it. "Wildlife is just as good as any other gold," says Jackson Looseyia, 41, one of the first Masai to work as a guide in the reserve and co-owner of Rekero, the eight-tent camp where we stay the night...
Fortunately, in Rekero and other small, upscale lodges, the Masai are also increasingly seen as a valuable asset. That night at dinner, I sit next to Helen Cotter, an English tourist who has come to celebrate her 50th birthday. She had seen all the animals she had wanted, but it's her guide she raves about. The young Masai man explained his culture, including the wild plants his tribesmen use to clean their teeth. "They don't go out and buy Colgate, do they?" she tells me. Says Looseyia's partner Gerard Beaton: "The tourists all come for the animals...
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