MAASAI MARA GAME RESERVE KENYA – KIBERA HOLIDAY SAFARIS

Maasai Mara National Reserve (also “Masai Mara) is one of the world’s most magnificent game reserves.

Bordering Tanzania, the Mara is the northern extension of the Serengeti and forms a wildlife corridor between the two countries.

It’s named after the statuesque, red-cloaked Maasai people who live in the park and graze their animals here as they have done for centuries. In their language, Mara means “mottled,” perhaps a reference to the play of light and shadow from the acacia trees and cloud-studded skies on the vast grasslands.

The park is famous for the #WildebeestMigration, when thousands of wildebeest, zebra, and Thomson’s gazelle travel to and from the Serengeti, from July through October.

In the Mara River, throngs of hippos and crocodiles lurk. The park is also known for providing excellent predator sightings (check Big Cat Diary on BBC), thanks to its relatively large populations of #BigFive: lion, cheetah, and leopard and many other flora & fauna.

Thanks to the park’s altitude, the weather here is mild and gentle year-round.

TOP RATED HOTELS IN MASAI MARA GAME RESERVE:

• Mara Serena Safari Lodge
• Ashnil Mara Camp
• Mara Sopa Lodge
• Mara Engai Wilderness Lodge
• Entim Mara Camp
• Royal Mara Camp
• Sarova Mara Tented Camp
• Sarova Mara Club tent
• Sprit of the Mara
• Mara Siria Tented Camp
• Kilima Camp Masai Mara
• Keekorok Lodge
• Zebra Plains Mara Camp
• Mara River Camp
• Mara Legends Safari Camp
• Siana Springs Tented Camp
• Karen Blixen Camp
• Eagle View camp
• Naserian Mara Camp
• Mara Intrepids Camp
• Mara Explorer Camp
• Porini Lion Camp
• Sand River Masai Mara

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