Maasai Mara National Reserve
It is located in Kenya along the border of Tanzania and is contiguous with the neighboring Serengeti National Park. Maasai Mara is a large national game reserve in Narok, Kenya, contiguous with the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. It is in honor of the Maasai people, the ancestral inhabitants of the area. These migrated to the area from the Nile Basin. Their description of the area when looked at from afar. “Mara” means “spotted” in the local Maasai language, due to the many short bushy trees which dot the landscape.
Size
Masai Mara stretches across an area of 580 square miles (1,510 sq km). It represents the northernmost portion of the Mara-Serengeti ecosystem. The Sand River, Talek River, and the Mara River are the primary rivers draining waters of the reserve. The park is divided into two main areas. The inner portion which features pristine wilderness and also the outer portion which allows for cattle of the Masai people to graze.
Maasai Mara is one of the most famous and important wildlife conservation and wilderness areas in Africa. World-renowned for its exceptional populations of lion, African leopard, cheetah and African bush elephant. It also hosts the Great Migration. This secured it as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Africa. It is one of the Ten Wonders of the World.
Conservancies
The Greater Mara ecosystem encompasses areas known as the Maasai Mara National Reserve. The Mara Triangle, and also several Maasai Conservancies. These also include Koiyaki, Lemek, Ol Chorro Oirowua, Mara North. Olkinyei, Siana, Maji Moto, Naikara, Ol Derkesi, Kerinkani, Oloirien, and also Kimintet.
Park activities
Game viewing, Bird watching, and also Hot air balloon
