Maasai Mara Circuit

The Maasai Mara Circuit covers the world-famous Maasai Mara National Reserve together with the surrounding conservancies that border it. Together these areas offer the most concentrated wildlife viewing in Kenya, including front-row seats to the Great Migration river crossings.

The Maasai Mara is the Kenyan stage of the Great Migration, and its river crossings are the circuit's headline spectacle when the herds are present. Crossing timing shifts with rainfall each year, so Ecological Wilderness Adventure can advise on the most likely window for your travel dates and tailor an itinerary around it.

The national reserve is public protected land, while the conservancies are private or community-leased wildlife areas bordering it. Conservancies generally allow a narrower range of activities such as guided walking and night game drives, and often see fewer vehicles, while the reserve holds the classic open plains and river-crossing country.

Most guests fly from Nairobi's Wilson Airport to one of the airstrips serving the Mara, and the reserve can also be reached by road from Nairobi. Ecological Wilderness Adventure can arrange the flights, road transfers and camp or lodge access as part of a tailor-made itinerary.

The Maasai Mara offers strong wildlife viewing throughout the year, with resident predators and plains game present in every season. The Great Migration period is the most sought-after window, but exact dates vary annually, so it is worth planning around your interests rather than a fixed calendar.

Yes. As a TATO-licensed Tanzania and East Africa safari operator, Ecological Wilderness Adventure can build a Maasai Mara Circuit trip around your dates, interests and preferred style of accommodation. Contact them and they will tailor and quote the trip on request.