Secretary bird at Maasai Mara

The open, rolling grasslands of the Maasai Mara National Reserve, part of the wider Serengeti ecosystem in southwestern Kenya, provide the kind of unbroken sightlines that make spotting a secretary bird on the move such a rewarding prospect. Scattered acacia woodland and riverine forest along the Mara offer useful reference points for framing this striking, long-legged raptor against the grassland backdrop. Travellers joining the African Wildlife of the Maasai Mara holiday in October will find the open terrain well suited to observing the species as it strides across the plains.