Maasai Mara
Masai Mara National Reserve is a large national game reserve in southwestern Kenya, bordering Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park—one of the world’s great wildlife landscapes.
Named in honour of the Maasai people—the ancestral inhabitants of the area—the Masai Mara is one of Africa’s most iconic conservation and wilderness areas.
The Mara is renowned for strong predator presence: lion, leopard, cheetah, and elephants are frequently seen, and all members of the “Big Five” can be found year-round.
The greatest travelling roadshow on earth
When conditions align, herds move north from the Serengeti into the Masai Mara in search of fresh pasture—then drift back as the season shifts.
With massive numbers of wildebeest, zebra, eland, and gazelles moving across the ecosystem, the word “great” is not an exaggeration.
The herds move in a broad loop across the Serengeti–Mara ecosystem, tracking rainfall and grazing as conditions shift.
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Reserve vs conservancies: what’s the difference?+
Is a hot-air balloon worth it?+
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