The Maasai Mara National Reserve is a large game reserve in Narok County, Kenya. The Masai Mara is named after the Masai people that inhabit the region and the Mara River which snakes through the reserve. It is home to the ‘big five’ amongst many other species and is one of the most popular safari destinations in Kenya.
It is globally famous for its exceptional population of Masai lions, African leopards and Tanzanian cheetahs, and the annual migration of zebra, Thomson’s gazelle, and wildebeest to and from the Serengeti every year from July to October, known as the Great Migration.