The Masai Mara ecosystem is famous for its unique concentration of wildlife, birds, rich vegetation and open savannah. It has been classified among the “Seven Wonders of the World” due to the extraordinary annual migration (July-November) when over 1.3 million wildebeests and zebras cross from the Serengeti to the Masai Mara in search of water and greener pastures.

Less famous, but still very impressive, is the Loita Hills migration, where thousands of local wildebeests come to the Mara National Park during the months of December to May.

You can also give your holiday film making skills a test as you compare your skills with those of the crew who film the Big Cat Week and Big Cat Live, the long-running nature documentary series produced by the BBC which follows the ups and downs of the lives of African big cats in Kenya’s Masai Mara.

The Mara is named after the people – a fact you probably know – as well as for how it looks like from view points afar. The word Mara means spotted in the Maasai language and that is how it looks from afar – a fact not so well known.

But honestly, you need to stop reading about the Mara and come visit – we have made sure it doesn’t cost you an arm or a leg.