Maasai Mara National Park | A Masai Mara Safari Holiday

With its rolling grasslands and wide-open savannahs, the Masai Mara is the kind of unfettered, sprawling wilderness you thought only existed on Hollywood film sets. But it's real and out there: experience Kenya's finest wildlife reserve on a Masai Mara safari holiday - where the land pulses with raw energy and a dazzling array of animals takes centre stage.

Maasai Mara

TheMasai Mara is in southwestern Kenya on the border of Tanzania. The reserve is situated in the Rift Valley with Tanzania's Serengeti Plains running along its southern end. TheMara River runs through the reserve (north to south) hosting plenty of hippos and crocodiles and making the annual migration of over a million wildebeest and hundreds of thousands of zebras an extremely dangerous undertaking.
The two countries share the vast Serengeti plains, with the wildlife free to roam between Kenya and Tanzania in search of good grazing - or prey...

The Masai Mara Migration
And of course at certain times of the year the famous Masai Mara rumbles to the beat of hundreds of thousands of hooves as the Great Wildebeest Migration rolls in.

Between July and October unimaginable numbers of wildebeest, zebra and gazelles flood into the Masai Mara from the Serengeti where they gather to graze and relax on the Mara's plains, which - at about one third of the size of the enormous Serengeti National Park - is more manageable from a game-viewing point of view. And what a view: the Masai Mara's open grasslands teem with wildlife in every direction, leaving even seasoned safari-goers open-mouthed in disbelief. Read our month-by-month guide to the migration for details and get your timing right with our when to go section for a perfectly timed Masai Mara safari holiday.

Masai Mara Tours & Safaris
And as for actually getting out there, we have a huge range of Masai Mara tours and safaris ranging from short, intensive tours to much longer itineraries that include other great wildlife destinations.
In fact, we've got a Masai Mara safari holiday for every taste and need: Zebra Maasai Mara check out our migration-focused tours, family-friendly safaris and great romantic packages - and don't forget that you can easily combine a Masai Mara safari holiday with an indulgent slice of tropical life on Kenya's beaches with our Beach 'n Bush combos.Have a look at these 2 appetizers: a 10-day, bring-the-kids Kenya Family Fly-in Safari or the 8-day luxury Northern Kenya and Masai Mara Fly-In Safari for examples of great Masai Mara safari holidays.

Masai Mara Accommodation
The accommodation in the Masai Mara is as varied and rich as the wildlife experience that awaits you.
Choose from an exhaustive list ranging from stunning uber-luxury lodges to elegant tented camps and from migration-focused safari lodges to heart-melting romantic hideaways.

A Masai Mara Safari Holiday
Don't despair if the timing doesn't suit you - the Masai Mara is full of animals throughout the year (not everything migrates!) and is rich in Africa's biggest wildlife attractions: predators are abundant - lion sightings in particular are incredibly common - and other members of the Big 5 are encountered around almost every corner.
It's important to remember that the Mara River is a permanent water source for the area's animals and so even when the very last wildebeest has tardily set off for the southern Serengeti, massive resident herds remain: a Masai Mara Safari Holiday offers visitors everything they could want to see on an African safari.

Thus, a Masai Mara safari holiday provides a year-round safari experience that will live in your memory long after the dust of Africa has settled.