The Maasai Mara is the undisputed leading game reserve in Kenya. It has rapidly gained global recognition, owing to the bewildering and show-stopping phenomenon of the splendid wildebeest migration, now a world wonder. The exodus of millions of wildebeests, searching for greener pastures from the neighboring Serengeti national park in Tanzania, is a showcase of intrigue and nature at its best. In the natural display of the Darwinian sense of survival, big carnivores trail the wildebeests in pursuit of a hearty meal. Commonly seen animals are lions, cheetahs, and leopards, herds of elephants, schools of hippos, zebras and cokes of hartebeests. Being a game reserve, visitors are permitted to shoot down aggressive animals in case of an attack. The downy tender grass makes game viewing exhorting. There are 57 bird species preying on smaller animals in the open field displaying the finest wildlife sanctuary in Kenya.
The Maasai Mara was established in the early 1960s, and is undeniably Africa’s great Kenya Vacations wildlife reserve covering a gigantic area of 2510km2 and 200 square miles of open plains, woodlands and riverine forests dearly connecting it to the Serengeti national park. Elephants and buffalos trample the extensive Musiara swamp while crocodiles and hippos throng the Mara and Talek rivers, a true Kenya Vacation simony of a miracle in action.The best season to Visit Maasai Mara is between the months of June to August when the great migration takes place. However, regardless of the time of travel, a visit to Mara will always be exciting.
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