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The Serengeti ecosystem is regarded as one of our planet’s greatest natural treasures, where one can witness “the largest remaining unaltered animal migration in the world,” according to UNESCO.

Kenya’s share of the Serengeti plains includes the Maasai Mara National Reserve (583 square miles) and the Greater Mara, a wildlife and human-inhabited area of about 2,500 square miles. The Mara seamlessly joins with Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park (around 5,700 square miles), which is surrounded by the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and several other reserves, including the Maswa Game Reserve, the Ikorongo and Grumeti Game Reserves, and the Loliondo Game Control........

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