African Lion at Maasai Mara

The Maasai Mara National Reserve, forming the northern extension of the Serengeti ecosystem in southwestern Kenya, offers superb opportunities to photograph African Lions against its open rolling grasslands, scattered acacia woodland and riverine forest along the Mara. Visiting in October, guests on the African Wildlife of the Maasai Mara holiday can make the most of this varied terrain, using the tree-dotted plains and river-edge cover as natural framing for their images. The mix of open grassland and woodland edges here gives photographers a genuine chance to capture lions within a landscape that feels distinctly Mara. It's a location well suited to those hoping to combine classic savannah scenery with close encounters with one of Africa's most iconic species.