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[2025 Mara Attraction] Travel Guide for Mara River (Updated Feb)

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The Mara River is 395 kilometers long, most of which is located in Kenya, and a small half of which flows through Tanzania. The overlords of the Mara River are crocodiles and their helpless neighbor hippos. Although crocodiles are ferocious, the huge hippos are not fuel-efficient lamps. If there is no "Crossing of the Kingdom of Heaven" in August and September every year, then the entire Mara River is still Relatively calm, there are always birds resting on the trees by the river, and the scene couldn't be more harmonious. The spectacular "Paradise Crossing" is the very main reason why many people visit Kenya before. Every May and June, the Serengeti National Park in northern Tanzania, which used to be rich in water and grass, gradually becomes deserted, and herds of wildebeest begin to migrate to the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya, where there are still edible grasses in the north. A very spectacular wildlife migration. Millions of wildebeests, zebras and antelopes cross the Mara River from the Serengeti National Park to the Masai Mara National Reserve, followed by lions and crocodiles to start the year's fruitful hunting. Wildebeests went one after another, desperately jumping into the Mara River, which was swollen by the rainy season. Crocodile bites, hippos attacked to protect their territory, and the migratory team trampled wildly. After crossing the river, large groups of troops always leave large corpses on the river. , thousands of vultures flew to the Mara River to feast on the rich table of lions and crocodiles. These herbivorous four-hoofed animals exchanged a small part of sacrifice for most of their successful migration. After crossing the river, it is the Masai Mara savannah with luscious water and grass. For them, it is the kingdom of heaven, so it is called the crossing of the kingdom of heaven. During the 3,000-kilometer annual migration, only 30 percent of wildebeest return to their place of origin due to hunger, thirst, exhaustion or predation by predators. But before the rainy season, another 400,000 new wildebeests were born. The birth of new life and the elimination of the weak go back and forth on the Mara River every year, endlessly.

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Tanzania
Recommended sightseeing time:
0.5-1 day
Ticket Price
Free entry
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