Masai Mara National Reserve
Maasai Mara (Masai Mara) is known as one of Africa's Greatest Wildlife Reserves, situated in southwest Kenya and is part of the northern section of the Serengeti National Park.
Famous for the abundance of the big cats, Lion, Leopard, Cheetah and the Great Wildebeest Migration and the Maasai people, well known for their distinctive custom and dress.
The Masai Mara National Reserve was named for the Maasai people who inhabit the area, and for the Mara River, which flows through this great reserve.
It shares a border with Tanzania's Serengeti National Park and is essentially a continuation of this park, forming the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem.
Wildebeest, topi, zebra, and Thomson's gazelle migrate into and occupy the Mara reserve, from the Serengeti plains to the south and Loita plains in the pastoral ranches to the north-east, from July to October or later.
"Big Five"(lion, leopard, African elephant, African buffalo, and Black Rhinoceros) are found in the Maasai Mara
The Masai Mara is home to an excellent year-round concentration of game and is renowned for its annual visit by the two million animals that make up the Great Migration.
Covering an impressive 1115 km² (430 square miles), the Masai Mara is a land of breathtaking vistas, abundant wildlife and endless plains.
The Masai Mara was made famous by the book Out of Africa by Karen Blixen, which was later made into a movie starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep.
Highlights
- The annual Great Migration
- Renowned for its black-maned lions
- Close-up sightings of cheetah
- Scenic hot air balloon safaris across the vast plains
- Excellent photographic opportunities
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