Masai Mara National Reserve

Masai Mara

Welcomed as one of the best wildlife reserves in the world, the Masai Mara National Reserve is a reservation for plenty of amazing animals.

Recognized as the Masai Mara, or modestly ‘The Mara’, the reserve was named after the Maasai people who inhabit the area. ‘Mara’ means ‘spotted’ in the Maa language, which describes Mara’s landscape, flecked with acacia trees and craters.

Best Season to see Great Wildebeest Migration in Masai Mara

If you visit between July and November, you’ll bear observe to millions of migrating wildebeest, in one of the most extraordinary wildlife confronts on Earth. Perfect for both first-timers and proficient safari-goers, the Masai Mara is the last safari destination.

Where is the Masai Mara National Reserve?

Located in the south-west of Kenya, the Masai Mara National Reserve spans an area of 1,500 square kilometers, almost the same size as London.

It forms the northernmost part of the Mara-Serengeti ecosystem, joining with the Serengeti across the border in Tanzania. The Masai Mara also borders a number of unfenced private conservancies, operated by the Masaai.

Game Viewing & Wildlife in the Masai Mara

As one of the best wildlife paradise in Africa, the Masai Mara offers surprising game viewing. You’ll have the chance to spot some of the world’s most incredible species and all your favorites from the Lion King.

The Great Migration

Each year, beginning around July, the Mara-Serengeti ecology stages one of the extreme shows on Earth – the Great Migration.

Over 1.5 million wildebeest, antelope and zebra race across Tanzania’s Serengeti to Kenya’s Masai Mara, in search of greener pastures. They move in a trampling mass, arriving at the final obstacle, the Mara River in Kenya.

The animals form a thundering bottleneck as they attempt to dodge the crocodiles, vultures, big cats and the dangerous rapids of the river. Once the rainy season sets in around October or November, the wildebeest make the 1,000km trip back to the Serengeti.