{"id":5292,"date":"2017-01-27T15:30:13","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T15:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.somak.com\/AFRICAtime\/?p=5292"},"modified":"2020-07-22T09:36:44","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T08:36:44","slug":"great-migration-in-the-masai-mara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/great-migration-in-the-masai-mara\/","title":{"rendered":"Great migration in the Masai Mara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive aligncenter wp-image-6854\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/11.jpg\" alt=\"Great migration in the Masai Mara\" width=\"320\" height=\"617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/11.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/11-155x300.jpg 155w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>A natural wonder of the world &#8211; the great migration in the Masai Mara<\/h3>\n<p>Between June and October enormous herds of wildebeest and zebra pour into the <span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.somak.com\/kenya\/masai-mara\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">Masai Mara<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span>during the great migration in the Masai Mara. This is a truly tremendous spectacle when the drama of the river crossing unfolds in this corner of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.somak.com\/kenya-safari\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><strong>Kenya<\/strong><\/span>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive aligncenter wp-image-6855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/21.jpg\" alt=\"Great migration in the Masai Mara\" width=\"480\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/21.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/21-466x300.jpg 466w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Crossing the Mara River is the most dangerous leg of the great migration as there is always an opportunist crocodile lurking in the depths of the waters waiting for a wildebeest to fall back or to tire from the crossing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/31.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive aligncenter wp-image-6856\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/31.jpg\" alt=\"Great migration in the Masai Mara\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/31.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/31-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is what makes the river crossing such a spectacle and the reason why between the months of June and October there is an influx of safari-goers to Kenya hoping to catch a glimpse of the epic great migration in the Masai Mara.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>The Mara Migration<\/h2>\n<p>Book <strong><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.somak.com\/kenya\/suggested-itineraries\/the_mara_migration\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">The Mara Migration<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong> for the chance to see the epic river crossing in the Masai Mara.<\/p>\n<p>Includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>International flights with Qatar<\/li>\n<li>1 night Eka Hotel, Nairobi<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.somak.com\/kenya\/masai-mara\/ashnil_mara_camp\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff; text-decoration: underline;\">3 nights Flying Masai Mara at Ashnil Mara \u00a0Camp<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Game Drives<\/li>\n<li>All meals in the Masai Mara<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Call 020 8423 3000 to book!<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[437,442,604,11,444,580],"tags":[583,213,553],"class_list":["post-5292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adventure","category-family","category-inspiration-africa","category-kenya","category-special-interest","category-wildlife-and-safari","tag-kenya","tag-the-great-migration","tag-the-masai-mara"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Migration.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5292"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11057,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5292\/revisions\/11057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}