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Masai Mara — The Great Migration’s Mara river crossings, Kenya
SAFARI · KENYA

Masai Mara

About Masai Mara

The Kenyan half of the Serengeti ecosystem, across the border from our home parks, and the stage for the Great Migration’s most dramatic river crossings between July and October.

We run cross-border trips into the Mara for travellers who want both sides of the migration story, or who are combining Kenya and Tanzania in one trip. Dense with camps and vehicles in peak season, it earns the crowds with some of the most reliable predator sightings in Africa.

Masai Mara, gallery photo 1
Masai Mara, gallery photo 2

Highlights

Mara river crossings, Jul–Oct
Exceptional lion and cheetah density
Balloon safaris at dawn
Maasai conservancies bordering the reserve

Wildlife & landscape

WildebeestZebraLionCheetahLeopardNile crocodileElephant

Season by season

Jul – Oct

The river crossings; also the busiest and most expensive months.

Nov – Jun

Resident game year-round, without the crossing spectacle or the crowds.

Practical notes

  • •A cross-border trip — factor in an extra visa and a border crossing or flight from Arusha.
  • •Book crossing-season camps six months or more ahead.
  • •Combines naturally with a northern Serengeti extension on our side of the border.