Lilac-breasted Roller at Maasai Mara

The Maasai Mara National Reserve, forming the northern reaches of the Serengeti ecosystem in southwestern Kenya, offers superb opportunities to photograph the Lilac-breasted Roller against its open grasslands, scattered acacia woodland and riverine forest along the Mara. October visits with our African Wildlife of the Maasai Mara holiday give photographers a chance to capture this striking bird within such varied perches and backdrops. The mix of habitats across the reserve provides plenty of scope for framing the roller amid the wider landscape it shares with the region's other wildlife.