The Masai Mara National Reserve is a mosaic of rolling grassland, small bush-covered hills, acacia woodland, and along the Mara River, riverine bush and forest. The Reserve is one of the few places where it is possible to see the Big Five during an afternoon's game-drive.

The Masai Mara is famous for its annual Great Migration of more than two million wildebeest and thousands of Thomson's gazelle, zebra and impala. Aside from the Migration, game-viewing is excellent throughout the year. For the bird enthusiast 500 species have been recorded.

The Masai Mara is well-known for its spectacular black-maned lion and for up-close-and-personal cheetah sightings. Lake Victoria is accessible as a day's excursion from the Masai Mara.