The Masai Mara Nature Reserve is home to a vast number of resident wildlife, as well as home to the annual Great Migration. The migratory wildebeest, zebra, kongoni and topi join abundant elephant, hippo, buffalo, giraffe, lion and cheetah. Leopard and serval are frequently encountered, while endangered black rhino can be found in the dense bush thickets. The Mara River is also famed for its enormous crocodiles, which lay in wait for the wildebeest and zebra during the migration, when more than two million wildebeest and zebra move in search of prime grazing land.    

The small and compact Thomson’s gazelle follow the herds in their quest for life-giving water and grazing. Lion, and hyena, as well as the more elusive cheetah and leopard, mingle with the migrating masses, while vulture and jackal await the scraps of the more powerful predators. The Mara is famous for its magnificent, black-maned lion and guests stand a good chance of viewing these powerful animals. Up to six species of vulture are found in the Mara and one or more of them may often be seen on the sidelines of a lion kill.  

The rare black rhino are most frequently encountered in the Ngama Hills in the eastern Mara. The Mara hosts a large elephant population, which has had a significant impact on the reserve. The Mara River is famous for its enormous crocodiles, with massive hippo frequently spotted in the water during the day or feeding out on the plains at night. The dense riverine forest around the Kichwa Tembo camps is home to two unusual monkey species - the blue monkey and the redtail monkey, with their striking facial patterns.  

Recent Sightings from Wildwatch.com

Migration Update - 29 July 2010
Today at about 1300hrs we saw a massive river crossing at the rocky crossing point. It was breathtaking as the animals rushed into the mara river with all the stampede and the noise and the cloud of dust, it was an amazing sighting. Large herds in...
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Migration Update - 26 July 2010
Migration has flooded Masai mara. From the greater Mara to mara triangle. River crossings are still going on at the rocky crossing point which is close to Serena Lodge. The animals are crossing from the greater mara to mara triangle.The rest of the...
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early migration - 26 June 2010
as usual the annual wildbeest migration is espected at the month of july and august in the mara.this year they arrived much earlier,houndreds of thousands have already crosed the mara river along the south brigde,thousand are lining up every day to the...
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