Maasai Mara Tanzanian government decided to cancel the Serengeti road plan due to global outcry. Maasai Mara Maasai Mara National Reserve (also known as Maasai Mara, Masai Mara and by the locals as The Mara) is a large game reserve in Narok County, Kenya, contiguous with the Serengeti National Park in Mara Region, Tanzania. It is named in honor of the Maasai people (the ancestral inhabitants of the area) and their description of the area when looked at from afar: "Mara," which is Maa (Maasai language) for "spotted," an apt description for the circles of trees, scrub, savanna, and cloud shadows that
Serengeti International Airport The airport will be located in the Uwanja wa Ndege ward of Mugumu town in Serengeti District, Mara Region in northern Tanzania. It will cost about US$ 350 million and is expected to boost the number of visitors from the present 0.8 to 1.6 million whilst also doubling the revenue to US$ 2.8 billion. The length of the single runway is expected to be between 3,800 and 4,200 metres. Serengeti Watch, a nonprofit organization insists that its construction would negatively impact the future of the park. Serengeti International Airport Serengeti International Airport (SIA) () is a proposed international airport in