Nicknamed ‘the river of death’, the Mara River is known for its infamous role in The Great Migration. Each year, countless wildebeest charge across Mara’s steep banks into the perilous waters below. The wildebeest must evade a swarm of lurking crocodiles as they scramble to reach the other side.

The Mara River flows through Narok County in southern Kenya and the Mara Region in northern Tanzania.

The river flows from the Kenyan highlands, through the grasslands of the Maasai Mara in Southern Kenya and the northern part of the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania before it drains into Lake Victoria.

The Mara River is 395km long, and its basin covers a surface area of 13,504km².