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Maasai Mara

Kenya's most visited wildlife reserve, covering 1,500 sq km in the Great Rift Valley and bordering Tanzania's Serengeti. The reserve draws peak crowds during the annual Great Migration, when hundreds of safari vehicles converge on river crossings and big-cat sightings, prompting rules limiting vehicles per sighting and, from 2024, a ban on private vehicles for game drives.

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Maasai Mara

Kenya

Saturation snapshot

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Severely overtouristed

Last updated: 2026-05-30

Movement through central areas is slow — expect to dodge and wait. Lines at major sights routinely exceed 1–2 hours without pre-booking. Iconic views are difficult to photograph without crowds in frame. Local residents have publicly raised concerns about visitor volume.

Crowd Density
85 source
Visitor Impact
82 source
Local Sentiment
78 source
Trajectory
80 source

Restrictions, taxes & fees

Fee Amount When Source Verified
Non-resident adult entry (low season)
Non-resident adults per person per day, January–June
 100.00 USD — masaimara.ke
2026-05-30
Verification pending
Safari vehicle entry fee (up to 5 seats)
Private safari vehicles with fewer than 6 seats
 — KES 1,000 per day masaimara.ke
2026-05-30
Verification pending
Non-resident camping fee
Non-resident adults at public campsites (USD 40 at private campsites)
 30.00 USD — masaimara.ke
2026-05-30
Verification pending

Today, by our data

Current notice: US State Dept: Kenya - Level 3: Reconsider Travel, and 10 further notices below. Phone-presence is in line with the same week last year. This is one of the quieter periods of the year here by our measures. Locals will know more about today than any dataset.

Assembled from official statistics, public data feeds and our own measurements. Conditions change faster than data does — verify anything that affects your plans.

Current conditions

Conditions change — verify with the linked source before travelling. Last checked 2026-10-20.