Introduction to the Masai Mara: The Maasai Mara National Reserve was established in 1961, covering an area of 1,800 square kilometers, with 95 species of mammals and 450 species of birds. It is one of the best wildlife game reserves in the world. The Masai Mara is also a huge and well-protected scenic area, with rolling green hills under the blue sky and white clouds, numerous tributaries of the Mara River passing through the savannah in the reserve, dense jungles growing along the river, and golden savannahs. Albizia julibrissin plants reproduce the beautiful and rough African wilderness scenes described by the American writer Hemingway.