Maasai Mara National Reserve
Paradise of the Seven Wonders of the World.
Maasai Mara National Reserve located in south west Kenya is a vast scenic expanse of gently rolling. African savannah plains measuring 1510 square kilometers in area and bordering the Serengeti National. Park in Tanzania to the south. Maasai Mara is a unique wildlife conservation haven, famous for its spectacular natural diversity of wildlife and happens to be a premier Safari location in East Africa, offering visitors many reasons to visit this animal paradise. Large numbers of Lions, Cheetah, Elephant, Rhino, African Buffalo, Wildebeest, Giraffe, Zebra and many more animals are found here in their natural habitat, unconfined and free to roam the vast wilderness stretching for miles on end. It is no surprise then that tourists from the world over travel here not least because the reserve has been voted one of the new Seven Wonders of the World. Regarding the origin of the name, the word ‘Maasai’ comes from the Maasai tribe, nomadic inhabitants of the area and the word ‘Mara’ is their word for ‘spotted’, referring to the ubiquitous unique flat topped acacia trees, shrubs and bushes that dot the landscape across most of the reserve.