The Maasai Mara National Reserve (also
known as Masai Maraand by the
locals as The Mara) is a large game reserve in Narok County, Kenya; contiguous with the Serengeti National Park in Mara Region, Tanzania. It is named in honor of the Maasai people (the ancestral inhabitants of the area) and
their description of the area when looked at from afar: "Mara," which
is Maa (Maasai language) for "spotted," an apt description for the
circles of trees, scrub, savanna, and cloud shadows that mark the area.
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 theSerengeti every year from July to October, known as the Great Migration.
The Maasai
Mara National Reserve is only a fraction of the Greater Mara Ecosystem, which
includes the following Group Ranches: Koiyaki, Lemek, Ol Chorro Oirowua,
Olkinyei, Siana, Maji Moto, Naikara, Ol Derkesi, Kerinkani, Oloirien, and
Kimintet.
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| Great Migration of wildebeest |
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