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🦁 Kenya · Narok County · Serengeti–Mara Ecosystem The Masai Mara National Reserve Kenya’s most celebrated wildland — 1,510 km² of open savannah between the Oloololo Escarpment and the Mara River, home to the Great Wildebeest Migration, the highest lion densities in Africa, and the Maasai people who have shared this land for centuries. This

Home  ›  Plan Your Visit  ›  Getting There  ›  Entry Gates Plan Your Visit · Getting There Masai Mara Entry Gates Seven gazetted road gates, three camp-only access points and five airstrips control every legal way into the Masai Mara National Reserve. Choosing the right one decides how much of your day — and your

Masai Mara National Reserve›Plan›Getting There›Nairobi by Road Plan & Logistics · The Road Route Nairobi to the Masai Mara by Road Two hundred and seventy kilometres, five to seven hours, one escarpment that can turn a morning into a day — and a road surface the entire internet disagrees about. The short answer The drive

Masai Mara National Reserve›Things to Do›Balloon Safari Things to Do · Ballooning Hot-Air Balloon Safari in the Masai Mara An hour of silence at four hundred metres, a champagne breakfast on the grass — and a park fee nobody warns you about, even if you are staying in a conservancy. The short answer A hot-air

Home  ›  Conservation The Masai Mara · Conservation Conservation in the Masai Mara Most of the Mara’s wildlife was lost before anyone argued about off-road driving — and it was lost outside the gate, to people making sensible decisions about their own land. This is the page that explains why, and what has actually worked.

Home  ›  The Masai Mara  ›  Sectors & Zones  ›  The Talek Sector Masai Mara · Sectors · Talek The Talek Sector The Masai Mara’s leopard country — and the most tightly restricted ground in the Reserve. Almost all of it is High Use Zone, where off-road driving is prohibited under all circumstances and there

Home  ›  The Masai Mara  ›  Sectors & Zones Masai Mara National Reserve · Sectors & Zones The Sectors & Zones of the Masai Mara The Masai Mara is not one place. It is divided three different ways at once — administratively, legally and commercially — and the three divisions do not line up. Which

Home  ›  Plan Your Visit  ›  Getting There  ›  Entry Gates Plan Your Visit · Getting There Masai Mara Entry Gates Seven gazetted road gates, three camp-only access points and five airstrips control every legal way into the Masai Mara National Reserve. Choosing the right one decides how much of your day — and your