Top Things to do in Maasai Mara National Reserve
Top 9 Nature & Parks in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Rift Valley Province
Maybe your local zoo has lions, leopards, zebras or elephants. Maybe they even have wildebeest. But we bet they don't have 1.3 million wildebeest—never mind 1.3 million wildebeest in migration, with predators in hot pursuit. It's one of the most awesome sights in nature, and you can see it at Masai Mara in southwestern Kenya.
Restaurants in Maasai Mara National Reserve
1. Musiara Swamp
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5.0 based on 60 reviews
Excellent game-watching location to see lion, leopard, cheetah, elephant, giraffe.
Reviewed By sead161
Dramatic life & death action with a dozen crocodiles circling the hippos trying to snatch one of the young.
2. Mara Triangle
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5.0 based on 809 reviews
The Mara is a beautiful but sensitive environment that can survive only if properly respected. Well-watered by the Mara River, enjoying abundant vegetation, wildlife and rainfall, its ecology would appear, at first sight, to be relatively resilient. It also appears to have withstood the erosive effects of huge numbers of visiting tourists extraordinarily well. There are signs, however, that the delicate balance between tourist numbers and wildlife populations cannot be properly maintained for much longer as evidenced by the reduction in the protective vegetation cover and the emergence of a series of dust bowls. Meanwhile, the Reserve is host to 95 species of mammals, amphibians and other reptiles and 485 species of birds. During the dry season (July to October) it also hosts a major concentration of migratory herbivores including about 250,000 zebra and 1.3 million wildebeest. Amongst the list of easy-to-view species are: gazelle, elephant, topi, buffalo, lion (Kenya's largest population), black rhino, hippo, hyena, giraffe, leopard and mongoose.
Reviewed By flexivelkenyasafaris - Nairobi, Kenya
Mara triangle is among the best parks within Masai Mara.you get to find that their roads are well maintained,signs on the roads with speed limits e.t.c I can not hesitate to recommend to any traveler to choose the Mara triangle. Game viewing is perfect especially when the great wildebeest migration is on. While watching the animals,you are allowed off-road driving in a supervised manner,where by sometimes the rangers will supervise that. Thanks for that Mara triangle management.
3. Eluai Plain
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5.0 based on 14 reviews
Reviewed By reeceyb - Chichester, United Kingdom
This is part of the masai mara so its amazing it is a good part to visit as you can see for miles and catch sight of some good game we even had picnic lunch under one of the trees
4. Ol Kinyei Conservancy
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5.0 based on 173 reviews
Ol Kinyei Conservancy is 18,700 acres of wilderness which belongs to a Maasai community who leased it to Gamewatchers Safaris and Porini Camps for it to be set aside for the purposes of wildlife conservation. Ol Kinyei Conservancy is home to only two small permanent camps, the Porini Mara Camp and Porini Cheetah which between them accommodate a maximum of only 24 guests at any given time - making this not only an exclusive experience but one that respects the principles of eco-tourism. Located within the Serengeti-Mara eco-system, Ol Kinyei is renowned for its unspoilt and breathtaking scenery with diverse terrain offering on one hand open savannah plains and rolling hills on the other.
Reviewed By RosalindR72 - Nairobi, Kenya
We loved every minute of our weekend in Ol Kinyei, staying at Mara Porini. The wildlife viewing was amazing. We saw and learned so much from our excellent local safari guides. It was heartening to see how much the Mara ecosystem has expanded through the conservancies around the national reserve, of which Ol Kinyei was the first!
5. Olare Orok Conservancy
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5.0 based on 213 reviews
Reviewed By sead161
I'm a local and grew up in the Mara triangle area decades before it became a park. This is my favorite gate because of the vast number of lions. Saw 9 in several hours.
6. Mara North Conservancy
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5.0 based on 53 reviews
Reviewed By world-traveller8725
It‘s very worth to go to Mara North Conservancy, after visiting 5 other national parks in Kenya (all very nice to see), we could see here by far the most of the big cats...and very close, because you are allowed to drive off-road. The park is very well maintained by the here living Maasai!
7. Mara River
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4.5 based on 1,953 reviews
Reviewed By cdiet - Albuquerque, United States
AfricanMecca Safari scheduled the most wonderful safari I ever had. AfricanMecca Safari is very accommodating to your individual plans and schedule. I had a wonderful trip. Everything was perfectly organized by AfricanMecca Safaris to my entire satisfaction. This trip not only met my expectations, but was even better than expected. I stayed at the Little Governors' Camp. I loved the personalized attention, the tents, the food, the service. Everything was fabulous. Above all, of course, were the safari rides. My driver and guide was Joseph who was awesome. I was able to obtain very close photographs and videos of many animals. The highlight of this trip was watching the Great Wildebeest Migration. We could see the first crossing of the Mara River in 2018 taking place right in front of our eyes. We were the third Jeep to arrive to the scene, so we had an excellent viewpoint. Thousands and thousands of wildebeest, and many zebras kept crossing the river. We were there watching one of the best wonders of nature during almost 2 hours. Unbelievable! Unforgettable! Awesome! I highly recommend visiting the Masai Mara National Reserve which is is best place to watch the Great Wildebeest Migration with hundreds of thousands of wildebeest crossing the Mara River.
8. Olypunyata Swamp
9. Nashulai Maasai Conservancy
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4.5 based on 13 reviews
Nashulai Maasai Conservancy , is the first ever community led and managed Conservancy which has been created to on the borders of the Maasai Mara National Reserve . The conservancy has been established for wildlife conservation but the local community would also live within the area and share it with both wildlife and livestock . It is a mixed model Conservancy the first of its kind in Mara
Reviewed By estelleh832 - Prince Albert, Canada
My dad and I visited at the tail end of my 3 months in East Africa in March of 2018. I had read about Nashulai via Avaaz so I had contacted them about visiting and they set up our safari in Kenya. We had a wonderful time visiting other parts of Kenya with Cosmas, our guide, and then we stayed at Oldarpoi Mara Camp. My only complaint is that they spray the tents for mosquitoes and I am chemically sensitive, so I couldn't stay there without being sick. They did helpfully arrange for me to stay in a tourist Maasai house at a nearby village which was excellent. Nashulai was incredible - our favourite part was walking in the conservancy and seeing so many animals as we walked - like giraffes! Our last day was memorable as we decided to climb the mountain behind the camp with our Maasai guide Amos and Annette, and then got completely soaked in the rain! I highly recommend a visit here.
