Branson plans Kenya game reserve

Richard Branson says he plans to open a luxury camp in a new reserve next to Kenya’s famed Masai Mara game park next year.

The Masai Mara is famed for the waves of wildebeest that migrate from Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park north into the Mara once a year.

Sir Richard called the migration one of the top “wonders” in the world.

On the sidelines of a business conference in Nairobi today, the billionaire chief of the Virgin Group said his project “will help protect the migration routes by creating some reserves just around the Masai (Mara)”.

Sir Richard who is to travel to the Masai Mara region today and on Friday, said he hoped the 15-tent luxury camp would be open in the next four to six months.

He has run a game reserve in South Africa for the last 20 years. He already helps fund the aid group Free the Children, which works in the Masai Mara region.