Masai Mara is not only renowned for its predators and large numbers of herbivores that graze  it, but it is also the beginning and ending point for the Great Migrations which is by all standards a movable 7th wonder of the modern World. Masai Mara game reserve covers an expansive area of approximately 10,000 square miles teeming with life in its most natural settings. It is no wonder it is regarded as one of the best wildlife viewing destinations in Africa.  

Year-round over 1 million wildebeests, half a million gazelles and two hundred thousand zebras roam, and simultaneously push forward in a 700 km clockwise rotation that covers the Serengeti in Tanzania and Masai Mara in Kenya. They do so in search of graze land as determined by the rainy seasons. Ironically with the search for pasture comes the promise of death- Lions, cheetahs and leopards look forward to the herds' arrival reassuring them of plenty to pick from. Wildebeests are no match for a big cat, who are just but the first in a stream of predators; the hyenas and vultures clear the leftovers.  

But perhaps and unarguably the most spectacular moment of the entire Great Migration is the manifestation with which the herbivores cross river Mara into the Mara reserve from the Serengeti. They approach the crocodile infested river stealthily knowing too well that death beckons the weak but also cognizant of the fact that their survival depends on their ability to get to the bountiful graze land across the river.  

For what looks like eternity the animals hover the river bank gathering guts to cross the river. Then in a sudden gush the dive into the river in their hundreds kicking wildly in an effort to wade off their predators and simultaneously gathering momentum to make headway to the bank across. Momentarily the brown dirty waters turn red as the river flows with the blood of the unfortunate prey that ironically become a delicacy for the crocodiles. In the midst of this, the strong cross over to the land of plenty which is lush with new grass.