WILDLIFE KENYA
WILDLIFE KENYA
Maasai Mara, also sometimes spelled Masai Mara and locally known
simply as The Mara, is a large national game reserve in Narok,
Kenya, contiguous with the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.
It is named in honor of the Maasai people, the ancestral
inhabitants of the area, who migrated to the area from the Nile
Basin. Their description of the area when looked at from afar:
"Mara" means "spotted" in the local Maasai language, due to the
many short bushy trees which dot the landscape.
Maasai Mara is one of the most famous and important wildlife
conservation and wilderness areas in Africa, world-renowned for
its exceptional populations of lion, leopard, cheetah and
African bush elephant. It also hosts the Great Migration, which
secured it as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Africa, and as
one of the ten Wonders of the World. The Greater Mara ecosystem
encompasses areas known as the Maasai Mara National Reserve, the
Mara Triangle, and several Maasai Conservancies, including
Koiyaki, Lemek, Ol Chorro Oirowua, Mara North, Olkinyei, Siana,
Maji Moto, Naikara, Ol Derkesi, Kerinkani, Oloirien, and
Kimintet.