Take a look at these 15 photos and you’ll understand why the people and wildlife of Kenya’s Masai Mara National Reserve have made it one of the world’s mostĀ famous.
![lion masai mara](https://afktravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/lion1.jpg)
Lion in Masai Mara (Shutterstock)
![chinese tourism in east africa](https://afktravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/masai-mara.jpg)
An elephant gazes at hot air balloons on the plainsĀ (Shutterstock)
![cheetah masai mara](https://afktravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/cheetah-small.jpg)
A leopard rests in the shade (Photo by Lindsay Seegmiller)
![Masai men and women doing their traditional "jumping" dance (Vadim Petrakov/Shutterstock)](https://afktravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/masai-warriors-black-and-white.jpg)
Masai men doing a traditional “jumping” dance (Vadim Petrakov/Shutterstock)
![wildebeest sunset](https://afktravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/wildebeest-sunset.jpg)
Wildebeest at sunset (Shutterstock)
![wildebeest crossing](https://afktravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/wildebeest-crossing.jpg)
Wildebeest crossing the Mara river (Shutterstock)
![Grey Crowned Cranes](https://afktravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/masai-birds.jpg)
Grey crowned cranes (Shutterstock)
![masai giraffes closeup](https://afktravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/masai-giraffes-closeup.jpg)
Giraffes getting up close and personal (Shutterstock)
![masai zebras](https://afktravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/masai-zebras.jpg)
Plains zebras (Shutterstock)
![masai secretary bird](https://afktravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/masai-secretary-bird.jpg)
A secretary bird (Shutterstock)
![masai elephants drinking](https://afktravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/masai-elephants-drinking.jpg)
Elephants drinking water at sunset (Shutterstock)
![masai agama lizard](https://afktravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/masai-agama-lizard.jpg)
A colorful agama lizard (Shutterstock)
![masai children](https://afktravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/masai-children.jpg)
Masai children (Anna Omelchenko/Shutterstock)
![masai mara hippo](https://afktravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/masai-hippo.jpg)
A hippo peeks above the waterline (Shutterstock)
![masai vervet monkey](https://afktravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/masai-vervet-monkey.jpg)
A vervet monkey shyly gazes at the camera (Shutterstock)
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