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Once a year, it is striped black by millions of wildebeest and zebra migrating north from the Serengeti plains.
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Governors Camp in Masai Mara Game Reserve, Copyright  Governors Camp 

Buffaloes on the Serengeti, Copyright  Lizanne Malherbe 

Masai Mara

Just 390km from Nairobi lies this vast rolling plain, beneath the Mara escarpment. Once a year, it is striped black by millions of wildebeest and zebra migrating north from the Serengeti plains. 



The Masai Mara National Reserve is the most popular game reserve in Kenya. It was opened in 1974 and is managed by the nomadic, pastoralist Masai tribe, who arrived in the area by the middle of the 17th century.  As of July, the vast herds of the Serengeti in Tanzania begin moving to the Masai Mara in the north, lured there by the rains and the fresh promise of green pastures. The crossing of the Mara River is as gruesome as it is fascinating. The animals begin to move South again by late October, in order to calve in the Sernegeti in January. This 1 672km² reserve is one of Africa's premier wildlife destinations and boasts all the big game species. Besides the normal safari activities, it is also possible to go hot-air ballooning across the plains, one of the finest ways to see Africa's wildlife. 

Seasons:  The best time to catch the migration in the Mara is between August and October. 

Wildlife: You should see: lion, hippo, crocodile, vulture, elephant, baboon, gazelle, giraffe, jackas, water buffalo, ostrich, topi, impala, Coke's hartebeest, buffalo, bushbaby, bushbuck, Colobus monkey, dik-dik, duiker, eland, Grant's Gazelle, Thomson's Gazelle, genet, gerenuk, hares, hartebeest, spotted hyaena, klipspringer, mongooses, vervet monkey, oribi, serval, steinbok, suni, warthog , waterbuck and 500 species of bird.  You may see: cheetah, leopard, black rhino, Roan antelope, African wild cat, civet, bat-eared fox , striped hyaena, hyrax, pangolin, bushpig, porcupine, ratel, reedbuck, aardvark and aardwolf. 





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