Masai Mara

Also known as Maasai Mara, Masai Mara National Park

National Reserve in Narok County, Kenya

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The Masai Mara is a national reserve located in Narok County, Kenya, known for its vast savannas and abundant wildlife. It is significant as a major destination for wildlife viewing and conservation in East Africa.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Masai Mara is referenced by 239 other articles, and connects out to Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania.

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Vinony files it under Narok County, Protected areas established in 1974 and Protected areas of Kenya.

Its subject is documented across 51 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Part of: Southern Rift Valley
Country: Kenya
Located in: Narok County
Area: 580
Image: Mara River Massai Mara.jpg

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Commons category: Masai Mara
inception: 1961-00-00
heritage designation: Tentative World Heritage Site
significant place: Narok

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Encyclopedic overview

Maasai Mara, sometimes also spelt Masai Mara and locally known simply as The Mara, is a large national game reserve in Narok County, Kenya, contiguous with the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. It is named in honour 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 Maa language because of the short bushy trees which dot the landscape.

Maasai Mara is one of the wildlife conservation and wilderness areas in Africa, with its populations of lions, leopards, cheetahs and African bush elephants. 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.

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