Dream

• Masai Mara National Reserve is 1.510 sq km and is managed by local authorities.
• The wildebeest bring new life to the Mara, not just through their cycle of regeneration of the grasslands, but for the predators who follow the herds.
• The Mara is an awesome natural wonder, a place where Maasai warriors share the plains with hunting lions, a place of mighty herds and timeless cycles of life, death and regeneration.
• All members of the “Big Five” (lion, leopard, African elephant, cape buffalo, and black rhinoceros) – plus popular species like zebra, giraffe, hyena, cheetah, eland and gazelle are found in the Maasai Mara.
• Scientists have identified more than 570 species of wild birds in the park.
• The Maasai are strongly independent people who still value tradition and ritual as an integral part of
• their everyday lives.
• Evidence of early human establishments, including pottery and arrowheads left behind from the Neolithic era, have been discovered within the Maasai Mara National Reserve.

On the territory of  Masai Mara, you can find not only lions, leopards, buffaloes, rhinos, elephants, antelopes, giraffes, hippos and crocodiles, but also many other rarer animals. First of all, the reserve is famous for its wildebeest migration, which takes place in September-October. Every year, around July, they return back to the south.

Tripety travelers can visit Masai Mara all over the year, but the most exciting period is the time of the “great migration” from August to September. The least successful months are March-April and November (rainy seasons).

There are two rivers in the reserve – Mara and Talek. Acacia forests grow along these rivers.