
KENYA - Maasai Mara
The Maasai Mara (also known as the Masai Mara, or simply Mara) is a large game reserve contiguous with the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. It is named in honor of the Maasai people (the ancestral inhabitants of the area).
It is world-renowned for its exceptional populations of lions, leopards, cheetahs and elephant, and the annual migration of wildebeest, zebra, Thomson's gazelle and other antelope, to and from the Serengeti every year known as the Great Migration.
BEST TIME to VISIT MAASAI MARA
BEST TIME to TRAVEL to KENYA
Safari : From July to September
Beach : from November to March

Masai Mara - Eagle looking for lunch

Masai Mara - the colorful Lilac-breasted Roller

Masai Mara - the elegant secretary bird

Masai Mara - Elephant on the edge of the Mara River

Masai Mara - Saddle Bill Stork

Masai Mara - Giraffes

Masai Mara - Giraffes

Masai Mara - Vultures are the cleaning service of nature

Masai Mara - Vultures are the cleaning service of nature

Masai Mara - Wildebeest is a powerful and a fast antelope

Masai Mara - Lioness

Masai Mara - Elephants drinking in the river

Masai Mara - Giraffe

Masai Mara - Mother and baby Hyrax, a relative of elephants. Not easy to guess

Masai Mara - Giraffe

Masai Mara - Male elephant with dry mud on his face

Masai Mara - Hyena

Masai Mara - Masai man working at the lodge

Masai Mara - Vultures are the cleaning service ofnature

Lioness in a bush

Masai Mara - Hippotamus

Masai Mara - Hippotamuses in the Mara River - they don't fear crocodiles and only babies are at risk, but Mam is there to keep them safe

Masai Mara - Buffaloes herd

Masai Mara - Male lion

Masai Mara - Great Migration - Wildebeest crossing the dangerous Mara river which is infested of Nile crocodiles

Masai Mara - Great Migration - Zebras crossing the dangerous Mara river which is infested of Nile crocodiles

Masai Mara - Great Migration - Zebra and Wildebeest are migrating together in long lines all over the savanna

Masai Mara - Great Migration - Zebra and Wildebeest are migrating together in long lines all over the savanna

Masai Mara - Great Migration - Zebra are migrating in long lines all over the savanna. Babies have to follow the mother crossing the Mara river, even very small like this one

Masai Mara - Great Migration - Zebra and Wildebeest are migrating together in long lines all over the savanna

Masai Mara - Great Migration - Zebra and Wildebeest are migrating together in long lines all over the savanna

Masai Mara - Great Migration - Zebra and Wildebeest are migrating together in long lines all over the savanna

Masai Mara - Great Migration - Wildebeest are migrating in long lines all over the savanna

Masai Mara - Great Migration - Wildebeest are migrating in long lines all over the savanna

Masai Mara - Great Migration - Wildebeest are migrating in long lines all over the savanna

Masai Mara - Great Migration - Wildebeest are migrating in long lines all over the savanna

Masai Mara - Great Migration - Wildebeest

Masai Mara - Great Migration - Wildebeest are migrating in long lines all over the savanna

Masai Mara - Great Migration - Nile Crocodiles in the Mara river are the biggest in Africa - this one is very impressive

Masai Mara - Great Migration - Nile Crocodiles in the Mara river are the biggest in Africa - Here 2 crocodiles

Masai Mara - Hippopotamuses

Masai Mara - Secretary bird

Masai Mara - Hippopotamuses

Masai Mara - this zebra looks overaged to milk its mother

Masai Mara - large monitor lizard

Masai Mara - male lion

Masai Mara - Cheetah hiding in the grass

Masai Mara - 2 blacks rhinos and elephants at the background

Masai Mara - Lioness and 2 cubs

Masai Mara - Topi Antelope overlooking the landscape

Masai Mara - Lioness on the move

Masai Mara - Topi antelope running

Masai Mara - Predators are happy during the great migration as there is plenty of food - here a lioness

Masa Mara - Sunset

Masai Mara - hyena with a full belly

Masai Mara - eagle

Masai Mara - the colorful Lilac-breasted Roller

Masai Mara - large monitor lizard

Masai Mara - Elephants drinking at the river

Masai Mara - a lodge and a giraffe

Masai Mara - green bee-eaters

Masai Mara - Zebras are inspecting the Mara river before crossing - here just below the white bird there is a dangerous Nile crocodile - so they have to find another location

Masai Mara - the colorful Lilac-breasted Roller

Masai Mara - giraffes

Masai Mara - Great Migration - Zebra are inspecting the Mara River because they know the danger hidden in the depth, or simply on the river bank

Masai Mara - Great Migration - Zebra are inspecting the Mara River because they know the danger hidden in the depth, or simply on the river bank

Masai Mara - Great Migration - Zebra crossing the Mara River

Masai Mara - Great Migration - Zebra crossing the Mara River but they these two ones aren't rushing and they are endangered

Masai Mara - Great Migration - Zebra crossing the Mara River

Masai Mara - Great Migration - Zebra and a crocodile probably too close for the zebra to survive

Masai Mara - Great Migration - Crocodiles are infesting the Mara river waiting the zebra and wildebeest for a good meal

Masai Mara - Great Migration - Zebras crossing the Mara river

Masai Mara - Great Migration - Zebras crossing the Mara river

Masai Mara - Great Migration - Zebras crossing the Mara river

Masai Mara - Great Migration - Zebras crossing the Mara river

Masai Mara - Great Migration - Some Elands are also migrating and they cross the Mara river. Here they are crossing with zebra. It's very rare to have the chance to see the Elands crossing as they aren't so numerous compared to zebras

Masai Mara - Great Migration - Some Elands are also migrating and they cross the Mara river. Here they are crossing with zebra. It's very rare to have the chance to see the Elands crossing as they aren't so numerous compared to zebras

Masai Mara - Great Migration - Some Elands are also migrating and they cross the Mara river. But they are very large powerful antelopes and they cross the river very quickly with big splashes. Crocodiles have no chance to grab them.

Masai Mara - Great Migration - Zebra and a crocodile in the Mara river

Masai Mara - Great Migration - Zebra and a crocodile probably too close for the zebra to survive but zebra are very powerful animals and it can help to escape

Masai Mara - Buffaloes taking a mud bath

Masai Mara - Warthogs

Masai Mara - Savanna landscape

Masai Mara - Buffaloes in a mud bath

Masai Mara - Savannah landscape

Masai Mara - a fresh wildebeest carcasse

Masai Mara - Wildebeest

Masai Mara - Giraffes

Masai Mara - Giraffes

Masai Mara - Giraffes

Masai Mara - Impalas

Masai Mara - Elephants crossing the road

Masai Mara - Great Migration - Zebra and Wildebeest are migrating together in long lines all over the savanna

Masai Mara - Great Migration - Zebra and Wildebeest are migrating together in long lines all over the savanna

Masai Mara - Great Migration - Zebra and Wildebeest are migrating together in long lines all over the savanna

Masai Mara - Great Migration - Zebra and Wildebeest are migrating together in long lines all over the savanna

Masai Mara - Great Migration - Zebra and Wildebeest are migrating together in long lines all over the savanna

Masai Mara - Great Migration - Zebra and Wildebeest are migrating together in long lines all over the savanna

Masai Mara - Great migration - Masai Mara - Great migration - Here a wildebeest killed by a crocodile floating on the river. After, other crocodiles join to dismantle the body while turning on themselves to snatch pieces. There is 3 crocodiles around the body, one in front and 2 at the back.

Masai Mara - Great migration - Here a wildebeest floating on the river with a crocodile.

Masai Mara - Bushbuck

Masai Mara - Vulture

Masai Mara - Lioness

Masai Mara - Hippopotamus on land

Masai Mara - Ox-pecker on a buffalo

Masai Mara - Thompson's Gazelles

Masai Mara - Mother Elephant and very young calf

Masai Mara - Mother Elephant with 2 very young calfs

Masai Mara - tiny bird

Masai Mara - Bird on a tree

Masai Mara - Green Bee-eater have a yellow belly

Masai Mara - Lioness

Masai Mara - brown eagle

Masai Mara - Green bee-eater

Masai Mara - Elephant eating grass with its trump

Masai Mara - Topi Antelope

Masai Mara - Banded mongoose

Masai Mara - Topi antelope

Masai Mara - large monitor lizard

Masai Mara - Eagle looking for lunch

Masai Mara - the colorful Saddle Bill Stork

Masai Mara - Giraffe

Masai Mara - Lioness looking for lunch

Masai Mara - Male Elephant

Masai Mara - Baboon

Masai Mara - Baboon

Masai Mara - Baby baboon

Masai Mara - Baboon

Masai Mara - Masai man with the traditional cloth

Masai Mara - Masai man with the traditional cloth with another man

Masai Mara - Masai man with the traditional cloth with another man

Masai Mara - Masai man with the traditional cloth

Masai Mara - Giraffe

Masai Mara - Masai man with the traditional cloth

Masai Mara - Masai man with the traditional cloth with another man

Masai Mara - Giraffe

Masai Mara - Male elephant

Masai Mara - Baby elephant

Masai Mara - Elephant - mother and calf

Masai Mara - Elephant

Masai Mara - Zebra, Thompson's gazelle and Topi

Masai Mara at night - no a great photo but a hyena on hunt

Masai Mara - Wildebeest - Mother and calf which succeeded both to cross the deadly Mara river

Masai Mara - Hippopotamuses in the river with a large open mouth

Masai Mara - Hippopotamuses

Masai Mara - the deadly Mara river is looking like a paradise but it's not the case for wildlife crosssing it

Masai Mara - Hippopotamus

Masai Mara - Topi Antelope

Masai Mara - Pied kingfisher

Masai Mara - Topi antelopes

Masai Mara - Elephants

Masai Mara - Topi Antelope

Masai Mara - Male Elephant

Masai Mara - Elephant calf

Masai Mara - Elephants and young calf

Masai Mara - Elephant

Masai Mara - Jeep driver

Masai Mara - Elephants

Masai Mara - Elephant

Masai Mara - white and blanc bird

Masai Mara - Bee-eater

Masai Mara - Male elephant

Masai Mara - Ox-peckers on a buffalo

Masai Mara - Buffalo calf

Masai Mara - Giraffe resting

Masai Mara - Buffaloes

Masai Mara - Giraffes

Mating season for these lions - The couple split apart of the lions's pride for few days and they mate dozens of times every day - here the male approach the female to mate again with her

Mating season for these lions - It seems it's the end of the mating season as the female doesn't seems to be interested anymore

Mating season for these lions - The male approach the female .. but

Mating season for these lions - a new tentative

Mating season for these lions - the female refused a new mating and the male lion have to wait

Mating season for these lions - Again the female refused a new mating showing its teeth

Mating season for these lions - Same answer for the disappointed male

Mating season for these lions - Again the female refused a new mating

Black rhinos are very few in Masai Mara because of the poaching of their horn - and we were very lucky to see a couple for the mating season

The rhinoceros originated in the Eocene about fifty million years ago and splits in many species. In Africa, there are the black rhino and the white rhino. In 50 years, some people succeed to endangered this magnificent animal, buying their horn which is only keratin like your hair and your nails. So for the people which kill indirectly the rhinos for keratin : stop buying and eat your nails. It will have the no-effect but allow your grandchildren to see rhinos in the wild.

Mating season for Rhinos - The male its head on the back of the female probably to know if she agree to go further

Mating season for rhinos - The male jumps to the back of the female. The weight of a male can be 1.3 tons when the female is smaller with 900 kilograms

Mating season for rhinos - The male can stay over an hour on the female

Mating season for rhinos - Something get wrong and the female escape

Mating season for rhinos - The male wants another try

Mating season for rhinos - The male approach again the female but she escape

Mating season for rhinos - Again the male wants another try

Mating season for rhinos - All rhinos have birds on their back, mostly ox-peckers

Mating season for rhinos - The male wants another try but same answer

Mating season for rhinos - Lonely male

Masai Mara - Male lion in the tall grass

Masai Mara - Lioness almost invisible in the tall grass - It can be a very bad surprise for some animals

Masai Mara - Lioness

Masai Mara - Thompson's gazelles

Masai Mara - Blue monkey

Masai Mara - Giraffe resting

Masai Mara - Crowned crane

Masai Mara - Muddy buffalo

Masai Mara - Giraffes

Masai Mara - Bushbucks

Masai Mara - Giraffes pattern is different for all giraffes

Masai Mara - Elephants and a calf

Masai Mara - Thompson's gazelle

Masai Mara - Zebras

Masai Mara - Wildebeest

Masai Mara - WaterBuck

Masai Mara - Wildebeest

Masai Mara - Topi antelope like the mounts for a large view

Masai Mara - Wildebeest

Masai Mara - zebras

Masai Mara - wildebeest

Masai Mara - Elephant on the bank of the Mara river

Masai Mara - the deadly Mara river

Masai Mara - Male Elephant

Masai Mara - Vultures are the cleaning service of nature

Masai Mara - Vultures are the cleaning service of nature

Masai Mara - Vultures are the cleaning service of nature

Masai Mara - Vultures are the cleaning service of nature

Masai Mara - Vultures are the cleaning service ofnature

Masai Mara - Vultures are the cleaning service of nature

The great migration is between Tanzania and Kenya every year. There is no road between Tanzania and Kenya in Masai Mara so it's impossible to cross here. Only animals have this right as they do for millions years.

The planet without these magnificent friendly animals will be very sad and never the same, as humans will be responsible of this extinction. So don't buy ivory to save them.

Black Rhino mating - The planet without these magnificent animals will be very sad and never the same, as humans will be responsible of this extinction. So don't buy any rhino horn to save them. You will save your money if you use your own nails as it is the same material than rhino horn (keratin).

Masai Mara reserve rules

Masai Mara -Savanna landscape

advertising of Kenyan Government - The duty of humans is to save all wildlife as they are very precious for many reasons. Don't buy illegal ivory, rhino horn, pangolin scales and much more. No buyer, no poaching.

Bushbucks

Warthog

Bushbucks

Giraffe eating

Masai Mara - Giraffe

Masai Mara - giraffe eating

Masai Mara - Hippopotamuses - mother and calf and may be the dominant male

Masai Mara - Hippopotamuses

Masai Mara - Hippopotamuses - mother and calf

Masai Mara - Hippopotamuses - mother and calf

Masai Mara - Hippopotamuses on land and in the Mara river

Masai Mara - Hippopotamuses - mother and calf

Masai Mara - Egyptian geese at mating season

Masai Mara - Egyptian geese at mating season

Masai Mara - Egyptian geese at mating season

Masai Mara - Believe it or not, the hyrax is the elephant's closest living relative. Here a baby hyrax

Masai Mara - Believe it or not, the hyrax is the elephant's closest living relative. Here a baby hyrax

Masai Mara - Believe it or not, the hyrax is the elephant's closest living relative. Here a mother hyrax

Masai Mara - Buffaloes are the most dangerous animals in Africa

Masai Mara - Impala

Masai Mara - Believe it or not, the hyrax is the elephant's closest living relative. Here a mother hyrax

Masai Mara - Buffaloes

Masai Mara - Buffaloes

Masai Mara - Buffaloes